Credits

Credits to the website that we get the pictures and infomation from.

Group members:
Zhi Hsuan(40)-Take photos,intro.
Jonus(35)-Classify photos,take photos.
Jasmine(15)-Classify photos,research on infomation(5),impact.
Heh Ying(4)-Intro,Conclusion,research on infomation(5),take photos,credits.

Conclusion

1)The park is important to for the residents as they need space for recreational purposes. Some residents like to use the park to enjoy activities with their friends or family. Others may use it for their own purposes such as to jog,practice and research. The park is a good place for people to relax and forget about their troubles for a while. It is also a bonding area for families and friends during the weekdays and the weekends.

2)We should appreciate biodiversity and protect the natural enviroment as we live in it and if we do not take care of it ourself,we won`t have a nice place to live in and may cause harm to ourself.We must take care of our surrounding as if we pollute our air, we cause harm to our body when we breathe in polluted air.

3)If we do not appreciate biodiversity and protect the natural enviroment,it will affect our ecosystem and if an organism extinct,the rest of the organisms will be affected by it. Also,the polluted air can cause people to have breathing problems and have asthma attacks.

4)Park visitors can help to protect the enviroment by clearing their rubbish and throwing it into the bin and not pluck the leaves or flowers just because we like it as we will be destroying it and not allow others to enjoy the beauty of the plants.

Introduction on Jurong Lake Park

Jurong lake is a reservoir,contributing to the water supply of Singapore.

It is located beside Lakeside MRT station. The park is built around the lake and serves as a recreational ground for people to have fun or to work out there while enjoying the scenery at the same time.

Impact of man on Jurong Lake Park

Content:

1. Man (Park users)

Lady from Taiwan (Tourist) taking photographs of the beautiful Jurong Lake Park.

A girl taking a dog to stroll at Jurong Lake Park.

Children playing at the Adventure playground.

2. Impact (Pollution)




People leaving the newspaper at the bench. Water bottles also can be found near and at the back of the bench. These are many examples of people littering at the park. There are also many litters thrown into the river. Numerous leaves and litter are gathered at the water edge which now makes the water dirty and not as clean as before.

People eating food and littering on the grass even though there is a rubbish bin.

3. Conservation efforts done by park officials

The impact of man is indeed great. If many people litter, Jurong Lake Park will not be clean and green for us to enjoy. It will also leave a bad impression on tourists when they come to Singapore. The park officers maintain the park clean and green for us to enjoy. They put up signs as gentle reminders for people who litter. They also hire people to sweep the litter and leaves and clean up the park. These are examples of the conservation efforts done by them:

There are many signs to remind people not to litter at the park. Also many rubbish bins are located at various lamp posts so that it is more convenient to people at the park.

There are people hired by the park officers to gather the leaves and branches into one spot and sweep them into a garbage bag to dispose later. As leaves and branches may fall from the trees, it is helpful for people to sweep them up so that the drains will not be clogged up.

Squirrel

Scientific name:

Squirrels belong to a large family of small or medium-sized rodents called the Sciuridae.

Fun fact:

Squirrels live in almost every habitat from tropical rainforest to semiarid desert, avoiding only th high polar regions and the driest of deserts.

Credits: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/squirrels

Orchid

Scientific name:

Orchidaceae are cosmopolitan, occuring in almost every habitat apart from deserts and glaciers.

Fun fact:

Orchids are easily distinguished from other plants, as they share some very evident apomorphies. Among these are bilaterally symmetric (zygomorphic), many resupinate, one petal (labellum) is always highly modified, stamens and carpets are fused and the seeds are extremely small.

Credits: en.wikipedia.org/wiki.orchidaceae

Ants

Scientific name:

Ants are social insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees

belong to themorder Hymenoptera.

Fun fact:

Ants evolved from wasp-like ancestors in the mid-Cretaceous period between 110 and 130 million years ago and diversfied after the rise of flowering plants.

Credits: en.wikipedia.org/wiki.ants

Monitor Lizard

Scientific name:

Monitor lizards also known as bayawak or goannas,genus Varanus,are members of the family Varanidae.

Fun fact:

Monitor lizards differ greatly from other lizards in several ways,possessing a relatively high metabolic rate for reptiles and several sensory adaptations that benefit the hunting of live prey.

Credits: en.wikipedia.org/wiki.monitorlizards

Hibiscus

Scientific name:

Hibiscus(Hibiscus rosa-sinensis),a tropical flower,belongs to the family Malvaceae.

Fun fact:

It gets its name from the Greek words Hibiscus meaning "mallow" and rosa-sinensis meaning "rose of China".

Credits: en.wikipedia.org/wiki.hibiscus

Caterpillar

Scientific name:

Caterpillars are the larval form of a member of the order Lepidoptera (the insect order comprising butterflies and moths).

Fun Facts:

Caterpillars hair has been known to be a cause of human health problems. Caterpillars hairs sometimes have venoms in them and species from approximately 12 families of moths or butterflies worldwide inflict serious human injuries ranging from urticarial dermatitis and atopic asthma to osteochondritis consumption coagulopathy,renal failure,and intracerebral hemorrhage.

Credits: en.wikipedia.org/wiki.caterpillar

Freesia

Scientific name:

The Freesia Ecklon ex Klatt is a genus of 14-16 species of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae, native to Africa.

Fun fact:

The genus was name in honor of Friedrich Heinrich Theodor Freese (1795-1876), a German physician.

Credits: en.wikipedia.org/wiki.freesia

Goldfish

Scientific name:

The goldfish (Carassius auratus auratus) is a freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae of order Cypriniformes.

Fun fact:

It was one of the earliest fish to be domesticated, and is one of the most commonly kept aquarium fish.

Credits: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/goldfish

Coconut tree

Scientific name:

The coconut (cocos nucifera) is an important member of the family Arecaceae (palm family).

Fun facts:

The term coconut can refer to the entire coconut palm, the seed or the fruit, which is not a botanical nut. The spelling cocoanut is an old-fashioned form of the word.

Credits: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/coconut

Bracket fungi

Scientific name:

Bracket fungi/shelf fungi, among many groups of the fungi in the phylum Basidiomycota.

Facts:

- Bracket fungi are typically tough and sturdy and produce their spores, called basidiospores, within the pores that typically make up the undersurface.

- The group includes many different shapes and forms that are common in the tropical forests, including the hard 'cup fungi' and the 'shell', 'plate' and 'bracket' fungus commonly found growing off logs and still standing dead trees.

Credits: en.wikipedia.org