Wetlands

Which of the following is not an example of a wetland?

• bog

• fen

• lake

• swamp

What is a wetland?

• Wetlands are areas where the land does not drain well. The ground in a wetland is saturated, or full of water. Often the ground is covered with shallow water.

• Wetlands are areas where the land does not drain well. The ground in a wetland is full of water and causes floods

• Wetlands are lands that are wet in the spring

• Wetlands are areas found only in Canada where water does not drain well. The ground is covered with shallow water.

True or false: Both swamps and marshes have soils that contain many minerals

• False

• True

True or False: Bogs are so rich in minerals that they grow many different types of plants and trees

• True

• False

Wetlands are important to the environment because..

• They are home to a great variety of plants and animals.

• A wetland system can also protect shorelines, cleanse polluted waters, prevent floods, and restore underground water supplies.

• All of the above

• None of the above

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Wetlands protect us from...

• flooding and having too many parking lots

• climate change, forest fires, mosquitos

• nothing

• flooding, pollution, drought, climate change

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Some fun activities we can do at (some) wetlands are...

• boating, tubing, swimming

• catching bugs

• hiking, hunting, canoeing, photography

• water skiing, scuba diving and camping

Wetlands are known as

• gross

• our natural defence system

• protection

• something we should get rid of

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Wetlands make up how much of Canada's land mass?

• 17%

• 23%

• 14%

• 9%

Select all the problems that draining wetlands can cause

• increased fire risk

• increased flooding

• increased water pollution

• interrupting the lifecycle of many important animals/insects

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