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Sunday morning walk in Buloh: The Quiz

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Station VC: Visitor Center Theaterette: (Juggi & Ria)

Migrating birds breed in near the Arctic Circle in summer, because there is:
(a) more food
(b) it is cooler
(c) there is more land than the tropics

Mudflats are important to migrating birds because
(a) they are flat, good for landing
(b) they are rich in high-energy food
(c) they are found on the coast

 

Station 7 : Bridge over Sungei Buloh Besar

WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE THAT SPANS SUNGEI BULOH BESAR?
The Main Bridge
Sungei Buloh Bridge
Buloh Bridge
Bridge Over Trouble Water

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT KNOWN VISITOR TO SUNGEI BULOH NATURE PARK
Smooth Otters ( Lutrogale perspicillata)
Estuarine Crocodile (Crocodylus porosus)
Dugong (Dugong dugon)
Professor Tommy Koh (a prominent example Homo sapiens)

THE INCORRECT MATCH OF PREDATOR AND ITS VICTIM IN A MANGROVES
Drill (Thais gradata) feed on Barnacles
Man (Homo sapians) feed on Green Mussel (Perna viridis)
Archerfish (Toxotes jaculatrix) on small bird
Kingfisher feed on fish

THE CORRECT ORDER OF ESTIMATION OF SPECIES DIVERSITY, FROM THE MOST DIVERSE GROUP TO THE LEAST DIVERSE GROUP
Birds, Amphibians, fish, molluscs.
Fish, Amphibians, Birds, Molluscs.
Amphibians, Fish, Molluscs, Birds.
Molluscs, Fish, Amphibians, Birds.

ONE DOES NOT SHARE THE SINGAPOREAN PASSION OF EATING CRABS
Crab Eating Frog (Rana cancrivaora)
Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis)
Mud lobster (Thalassina anomala)
Small Clawed Otter (Amblonyx cinereus)

WHO WILL SURVIVE IN A TRIATHLON RACE FOR SWIMMING, CRAWLING AND TREE CLIMBING:
Malayan Water Monitor (Varanus salvator)
Giant mudskipper (Periophthalmodon)
Singapore Vinegar Crab (Episesarma singaporense)
SAF Commando (For honour and glory)

HOW TO ARCHERFISH TACKLE ITS PREY?
Coo lullaby to its prey till it sleeps.
Emit high pitch sound to disorientate it prey.
Spit a powerful jet of water at its prey and leap up to snatch it if necessary.
Drill a hole on its prey by releasing carbon acid and consume its victim through this hole.

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING FISH IS INTRODUCED AND NON-INDIGENOUS TO SOUTHEAST ASIA?
Green Chromel (Etroplus suratensis)
Archerfish (Toxotes jaculatrix)
Striped-nosed halfbeak (Zenarchopterus buffonis)
Spot-tail needlefish (Strongylura strongylura)

THE HALFBEAK HAS A SHORTER UPPER JAW AND AN ELONGATED LOWER JAW FOR THE PURPOSE OF:
Sip in water as fliter feeder tool.
Fighting weapon during mating seasons
Feed on insects that drop into water
Natural compass to show the way home

HOW TIDES ARE FORMED?
Gravitional pull of earth, moon and sun.
Local geography
Centrifugal forces of the rotation of earth, moon and sun
All of the above

 

Station 9: Sluice Gate (Ria)

The best time to see migrating birds in Sungei Buloh is when the tide is low because there is more mudflats exposed.
(a) True
(b) False

Sluice gates are dangerous because
(a) The supports are easily weakened
(b) Strong currents develop around them
(c) They are made of wood

Large-scale commercial prawn farming is eco-friendly and should be encouraged as a sustainable use of mangroves.
(a) True
(b) False

 

Nypah vs Coconut (Ria)

Some products that can be obtained from the Nypah Palm include:
(a) Gula Melaka
(b) Attap Chee
(c) Roof thatching
(d) All of the above

Nypah and Coconut seeds are dispersed by
(a) monkeys
(b) water
(c) large animals like monitor lizards

Nypah palms do not have a trunk
(a) True
(b) False