Sunday morning walk in Buloh: The Quiz
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