How the KTJ campus is perfectly adapted

As part of their study on climate and ecosystems, Form 5 have been out and about looking at how the vegetation around the campus has adapted perfectly to an equatorial biome. Here are a selection of their best tweets. Congratulations to Patrick who won the award for most artistic tweet and Jonathan for the most informative (he combined many photos in one).

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@KTJGeo These vine looking plants are commonly known as Lianas, they take advantage of the taller trees and grow to the canopy for sunlight. pic.twitter.com/jj2pjVfmHo

— Mr. Patty (@thekorex_13) November 5, 2017

@KTJGeo here we see an emergent which grew tall in competing for sunlight pic.twitter.com/KMnAenr9aB

— Sheikh Muktadir (@muktadir_mac) November 1, 2017

@KTJGeo the picture below shows drip tip leaves which help shed heavy rainfall and prevents bacteria and fungus from growing on them. pic.twitter.com/lr9CEAQFX5

— Leia (@LeiaInanna) November 4, 2017

@KTJGeo Epiphytes: They grow on top of the bark of trees at the canopy to gain access to more of sunlight and water from the surrounding air pic.twitter.com/gHp8i69Wxj

— Jonathan Yap (@20yapziqin) November 5, 2017

@KTJGeo

These large roots extend across the ground surface to give the tall trees better support. The roots are very shallow to gather the nutrients that are found in the top layer. pic.twitter.com/YFYvpVQUs7

— Daniel Syawal (@DanielSyawal) November 8, 2017