Q5. Consider the following statements regarding coastal and marine ecosystems:
1. Mangrove forests act as vital shoreline protectors by attenuating wave energy and stabilizing
coastal sediments.
2. Coral reefs support nearly twenty-five percent of all marine species despite occupying less
than one percent of the ocean floor.
3. Seagrass meadows serve as key carbon sinks, sequestering organic carbon in sediments at
rates faster than terrestrial forests.
4. Blue carbon refers exclusively to carbon captured and stored in open ocean water columns
and upper atmospheric cloud vapor.
1. Mangrove forests act as vital shoreline protectors by attenuating wave energy and stabilizing
coastal sediments.
2. Coral reefs support nearly twenty-five percent of all marine species despite occupying less
than one percent of the ocean floor.
3. Seagrass meadows serve as key carbon sinks, sequestering organic carbon in sediments at
rates faster than terrestrial forests.
4. Blue carbon refers exclusively to carbon captured and stored in open ocean water columns
and upper atmospheric cloud vapor.
How many of the statements given above are correct?
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6%
A. Only one
39%
B. Only two
39%
C. Only three
15%
D. All four
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