AP Environmental Science - 8.4 Human Impacts on Wetlands and Mangroves

Which of the following is FALSE?

• Swamps are the only type of wetlands. 

• Wetlands have soil that is saturated with water for some or all of the year, and the emergent plants that live there are adapted for this.  

• Wetlands provide a variety of services, like flood control, filtering of water, an animal habitats. 

• Wetlands are threatened by pollution, development, overfishing and more. 

Which of the following is FALSE?

• There are no laws protecting wetlands in America.

• Wetlands can be protected by implementing methods to reduce runoff, as nutrients, sediments and other pollutants can damage wetlands.

• Wetlands provide habitat for many fish and bird species. 

• Wetlands can sequester large amounts of carbon.