Salt Marshes and Mangroves

Question 1

Halophilic

Answer 1

“salt loving” organisms that thrive in environments with very high concentrations of salt

Question 2

Halophyte

Answer 2

a plant adapted to survive in soils with high concentration of salts or other minerals. it may have a high concentration of substances in its tissue to promote osmosis.

Question 3

Accretion

Answer 3

the process of building something up gradually by the gathering together of smaller pieces

Question 4

Subsidence

Answer 4

a depression of the land surface as a result of groundwater being pumped. cracks and fissures can appear in the land. subsidence is virtually an irreversible process.

Question 5

Aerenchyma

Answer 5

tissue with large air spaces that provide an avenue for oxygen diffusion from the aerial portions down to the roots found in aquatic plants

Question 6

Mangel

Answer 6

a shoreline ecosystem dominated by mangrove trees

Question 7

Pneumatophore

Answer 7

an air-filled root (submerged or exposed) that can function as a respiratory organ of a marsh or swamp plant

Question 8

Lenticel

Answer 8

one of many raised pores on the stems of woody plants that allow the interchange of gas between the atmosphere and the interior tissue

Question 9

prop root

Answer 9

a root that grows from and supports the stem above the ground in plants such as mangroves