1) How do mangrove trees adapt to the environment at Sungei Buloh ?

They have protruding roots so that they can "breathe" because they could not get much oxygen underground. The underground is made up of clayey soil so there is little oxygen that can be found in the soil because of the small soil particles. Since oxygen is needed to photosynthesize and make food, the mangrove tree adapt themselves to grow protruding roots to get more oxygen.




2) How does the mudskipper adapt to the environment at Sungei Buloh during the high tides and low tides?

They have a special feature which is the gill chamber. This feature allows them to survive during the low tide. During the high tide , they would stay in water with lots of dissolved oxygen. They would take in the dissolved oxygen into their gill chamber of for the low tide season. Once it is already the low tide season, the dissolved oxygen in the water would be gone. Thus , the mudskippers would use the oxygen that is stored in their gill chamber to breathe.

What I have learnt :

The animals and plants have adapted themselves to survive in a damp and humid place like Sungei Buloh. They have managed to survive because of their characteristics and features. I have realised that without the animals and plants, the eco-system would be unbalanced.

Other pictures that are very interesting to me =)





Done by : Nur Syafiqah 1C