Wetlands

What is a simple definition of a wetland?

• low lying lands with spongy soil that are wet all the  time every year
• low lying lands with spongy soil that are wet for a certain time every year
• high lands with spongy soil that are wet for a certain time every year
• low lying lands with moist soil that are wet all the  time every year

Which type of wetland is not found in Jamaica?

• bogs

• morass

• fen

• mangrove

These are the three main jobs of wetlands.

• provide habitats, store flood waters, purify water
• provide habitats, store plant life, purify water
• purify water, store wildlife, provide habitats
• purify the land, store flood waters, provide habitats

Which description below best describes how wetlands purify water?

• Wetlands slow down the water flow when the water encounters the vegetation. This allows the sediments and pollutants to drop out of the water before the water moves on.
• Wetlands don't really purify the water. They just slow it down and the heat from the Sun makes it hot enough to purify the water before it moves on.
• Wetlands slow down the water flow so that sediments and pollutants can drop out of the water before it moves on.
• Wetlands can't really purify the water because they release the water in large increments which doesn't allow enough time for it to be cleaned.

All of the following are animals found in the wetlands EXCEPT...

• frog

• American crocodile

• turtle

• donkey

wetlands are good for everything EXCEPT...?

• they help filter dirty water

• they provide a habitat for many plants and animals

• they help control flooding

• throwing old tires in

Jamaica's wetlands are impacted negatively by humans in following ways except:

• tree removal

• juvenile nursery

• pollution by sewage

• animal hunted

Wetlands are areas of land where water covers the soil – all year or just at certain times of the year.

• False

• True

Wetlands are a _________part of our natural environment.

• Wet

• Critical

• Pretty

Wetlands do not provide habitat for animals and plants

• False

• True