Monday, August 20, 2007
Bukit Timah Nature Reserve @ 7:18 AM
All right, let me just say that for this topic, it is really easy and that you can also check on this 2 websites that have the right mix of information about Bukit Timah Nature Reserve. For all the sec 1B students, this are the links you have to read up.http://www.ecologyasia.com/html-loc/bukit-timah.htm
http://www.nparks.gov.sg/nature_bukit_biodiversity.asp
You can find alot more information in the second link where there are more hyperlinks on the page itself that will tell you more about the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve.
For those of you who cannot excess the moodle for some reason or another, here is a version of the worksheet here, copy all of the words below and place it in Microsoft Words, print it out and there you have the worksheet for yourself. Please take note that this is mainly for sec 1B for their E-learning day.
For the rest of you, this is a good reading site for you all, please take note there will a be class test in 2 weeks time (last week before the school holidays). It will be on chapter 19 (until Bukit Timah Nature Reserve) and 21.
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Bukit Timah Nature Reserve worksheet
Read up on Bukit Timah Nature Reserve on the following hyperlinks and answer the following questions.
http://www.ecologyasia.com/html-loc/bukit-timah.htm, http://www.nparks.gov.sg/nature_bukit_biodiversity.asp
What would happen to the fig tree or the fig wasp if either of them disappeared?
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Name 1 benefit the rattan plant can provide to people.
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Name 3 types of plants that can be found in Bukit Timah Reserve.
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Name 2 human actions that have caused damage to the Bukit Timah Tropical rainforest?
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Give 3 important reasons to conserve the Bukit Timah tropical rainforest?
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Why do you think that the tropical rainforest in Bukit Timah has far more species of plants than the whole of North America?
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End of paper.