Bukit Timah Nature Reserve

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Across
  1. 3. Many rainforest species have __________________ leaf tips known as drip tips to drain off water quickly
  2. 6. The Malayan __________________ also known as the flying lemur has membranes between its legs and tail, enabling to glide from tree to tree
  3. 7. In the closed forest canopy, fruit eating animals are the main _________________ agents. Without them, some plant species with eventually become extinct.
  4. 10. Animals in the forest ______________________ themselves prevent predators from eating them
  5. 11. The _______________ layer is made up of forest giants with height soaring to 71-80 metros
  6. 13. Plant species growing in the swamps have ________________ roots to take in air from the ground and also provide support to the trees
  7. 14. Bukit Timah is Singapore's ______________ hill.
  8. 15. Plants depend on ____________________ to make food but with only one percent of it reaches the forest floor, the competition for it in the forest is intense
  9. 16. ___________________ and discriminate clearing of forests in the early years that led to the extinction of many of the larger mammals
Down
  1. 1. The forest provides many products useful to Man like ________________ poles for drying our clothes
  2. 2. The rainforest is able to thrive by storing most of the ________________ in its ecosystem
  3. 4. The Common ____________ Civet's diet consists mainly of fruits and occasional small animals
  4. 5. There are ____________-_________________ species of mammals, reptiles and amphibians in Bukit Timah Nature Reserve
  5. 6. _____________ hoist themselves toward the light in the forest canopy by means of twining stems, hooks, tendrils, spines and root suckers
  6. 8. For a better chance of survival, fruits and seeds move away from the _________________ plant to reduce competition and to expand the range of the species
  7. 9. Beetles fed on the _________________ of early cycads and were the first to be used by flowering plants before the evolution of nectar that involved bees, flies, butterflies and birds
  8. 12. The ___________________ has a long tubular mouth and long tongue that allows it to reach far into any mounds