NC 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

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Which type of wetland is best described as, "The plants growing here are grasses, reeds, sedges, and some shrubs."

• bogs
• fens
• swamps
• marsh

Which type of wetland would be best described as "usually characterized by the growth of woody plants such as cypress and tupelo trees. "​ 

• bogs
• fens
• swamp
• marsh

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This is a wetland marsh composed of a mixture of both salt and freshwater (brackish water). 

• estuary
• fen
• bog
• river

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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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

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How would you describe the SOIL in the wetlands?

• always very dry

• always very wet

• like a sponge

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where are wetlands found?

• only in south carolina

• all over the USA

• only in ohio

• in the ocean

What are the 3 types of wetlands?

• swamp, ocean, river
• pond, river, marsh
• marsh, marsh, marsh
• swamp, marsh, bog

An ecosystem has :

• living things
• living and nonliving things
• nonliving things
• nothing

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A living or once-living organisms in an ecosystem is a

• population
• biotic factor
• abiotic factor
• community