Question

Swamps are usually warm and are filled with slow-moving water. Cypress trees that grow in swamps often have roots that stickout above the ground, known as "cypress knees".The tree most likely uses "cypress knees" toallow the roots to reach oxygen in the air.allow the roots to receive more water.keep the roots from being eaten by birdskeep the roots covered from bad weather.

Answer 1

For many plants that are located in this type of environment with stagnant water, roots tend to stick partially out of the water, even more in mangroves are known as pneumatophores, because allow the plant to improve the gaseous exchange, so we can say that the correct answer is the first option.