Q: Why do mangrove trees rise high above the water? which characteristic help them to do so?


Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers:

Mangrove roots are like stilts, allowing mangrove trees to rise high above the water. The trunk and leaves are above water even at high tide. A bloodroot plant uses food stored over the winter to grow flowers in the early spring.

 Choices:

- heavy roots

- fat roots

- no roots

- stilt like roots


A:
stilt like roots