Aquatic Science Wetlands

A land area that is covered with water for part of the year is called:

• Lake
• Wetland
• River

Which of the following is a reason why wetlands are important?

• It acts as a filtering system
• It's a place where birds die
• It lets water pass through

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Can wetlands help prevent flooding?

• Yes
• No

Wetlands are home to what animals?

• Migratory Birds
• Endangered Species
• Water Birds
• All

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A wetland filters out sediment (dirt) because

• plants use it up
• water evaporates in shallow areas
• water moves slowly 
• wetlands are close to the coast

The type of wetland expected on the Bay side of a Texas barrier island would  be 

• prairie pothole
• coastal marsh
• riparian wetland
• swamp

A wetland does NOT always have

• wet soils
• water loving plants
• water all year

Wetlands 

• have slow shallow water
• have a current
• are deep
• only have plants on the edges

A riparian wetland would be found

• on a river
• in a priarie
• on Galveston Island

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What is not a trait of a wetland?

• Filters Water
• Provides organisms with a habitat
• Improves Water Quality
• Causes Erosion