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Wetlands Review

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A land area that is covered with water for at least one month out of the year is called:

a)

Lake

b)

Wetland

c)

River

2.

Which type of wetland has peat moss and receives most of its water from precipitation?

a)
Bog
b)
Marsh
c)
Swamp
3.
Which type of wetland is formed near the mouth of rivers and contains tall grasses for migratory birds?
a)
Bog
b)
Marsh
c)
Swamp
4.
Which of the following is a reason why wetlands are important?
a)
It acts as a filtering system
b)
It's a place where birds die
c)
It lets water pass through
5.

How much of the wetlands have disappeared since the 1700s?

a)

30 %

b)

50 %

c)

70 %

6.
Wetlands are home to what animals?
a)
Migratory Birds
b)
Endangered Species
c)
Water Birds
d)
All
7.
Where do wetlands form? 
a)
In places where water is trapped in lower areas 
b)
In areas where water runs into a pond or lake
c)
In an area that is deep and will hold the water for long periods of time
8.
How are wetlands important to migrating birds? 
a)
The wetlands provide a temporary home for migrating birds that rest and feed in these habitats . 
b)
They provide a source of food for alligators and other animals that live in the wetlands. 
9.
Why do wetlands have a rich supply of nutrients? 
a)
Dead leaves & other plant and animal materials serve as natural fertilizers. They add nitrogen, phosphates, and other nutrients to the water and soil.
b)
The area round the swamp leads to the land and  area developments such as new houses.  
c)
The larger citites in the area produce many large amounts of trees and grasses that give nutrients to the swamp 
10.
What are the three common types of freshwater wetlands? 
a)
forest, swamp and marsh 
b)
bog swamp and forest
c)
marshes, swamps, and bogs
d)
tundra, boreal, grassland 
11.

Why are wetlands important to people?

a)

Wetlands are a critical part of our natural environment.

b)

They provide habitat for animals and plants and many contain a wide diversity of life, supporting plants and animals that are found nowhere else.

c)

Wetlands act as natural water filters. They also help control floods by absorbing excess water after heavy rains.

12.
Why are coastal Wetlands unique?
a)
They contain BOTH fresh & salt water. For example, salt marshes & mangrove forests.
b)
About 40 percent of the wetlands in the lower 48 states are coastal wetlands and approximately 81 percent of coastal 
c)
Wetlands protect water supplies and provide habitat for fish and wildlife, including commercially important fish species.
d)
Each of these habitat types supports unique array of plant and animal species. Development of habitat in coastal wetlands depends on a variety of factors
13.
How do Everglades help wildlife?
a)
The everglades give humans the opportunity to get rid of animals they no longer want as pets. 
b)
By allowing other animals a chance to build roads and canals for water
c)
They provide food and shelter. The wetlands provide habitats, sheltered waters & a rich supply of nutrients.
14.

Many snakes call the Everglades home. What is the largest snake ever found there?

a)

17 feet 3 inches

b)

18 feet 3 inches

c)

over 18 feet 3 inches

15.

What is the largest alligator caught in the Everglades?

a)

15 feet 5 inches

b)

16 feet 5 inches

c)

17 feet 5 inches

d)

18 feet 5 inches

16.
Wetlands are important because...
a)
they help filter water of toxins and excess nutrients
b)
they support many species
c)
they protect areas from floods 
d)
all of these choices
17.
What kind of plants show you that you are in a marsh?
a)
grasses
b)
trees
c)
moss
18.
What benefit does the plants slowing down the flow of water through a wetland cause?
a)
They filter water
b)
They provide habitat
c)
The provide nutrients
19.
A wetland is like a sieve because it
a)
filters water
b)
absorbs water
c)
provides habitat
20.
A wetland is like a sponge because it
a)
absorbs flood water
b)
cleans water
c)
provides habitat
21.
During which years did the Europeans see the wetlands as useless?
a)
2000's
b)
1300's
c)
1700's
d)
1900's
22.
True/ False: Food supplies decrease with the destruction of wetlands. 
a)
True.
b)
False
23.
True/ False: With wetland destruction, cities waste more money trying to treat water
a)
False
b)
True
24.
Europeans destroyed wetlands and started turning them into what?
a)
Foam parties
b)
Amusement parks
c)
Schools
d)
Farmlands
25.
What is NOT a function of a wetland?
a)
Filters Water
b)
Provides organisms with a habitat
c)
Improves Water Quality
d)
Causes Erosion
26.
What are some of the foods we can get from wetlands?
a)
cranberries, oil, chicken, sweet potatoes and onions
b)
fish, rice, cranberries, salt and sugar
c)
fish, rice, carrots, beef and reeds
d)
rice, moss, cranberries, bogs and salt
27.

Marshes are a type of wetland that...

a)

can have either fresh or salt water.

b)

will have cypress trees.

c)

has no animals in it, only plants.

d)

only filter water, but provide no flood protection.

28.
Wetlands help protect communities from hurricanes by
a)
absorbing the excess ocean water after it floods the coast.
b)
changing the direction of the flow of water.
c)
providing natural water filtration.
d)
slowing the movement of ocean waves and buffering the storm surge.
29.

What are three things that make up or define a wetland?

a)

water, dirt, worms

b)

soil, plants, dirt

c)

water, soil, plants

30.
What is one way we can help save the wetlands from pollution?
a)
Pour chemicals into the rivers
b)
Recycling Center
c)
Litter
31.
What is a wetland that has woody trees and shrubs growing in it?
a)
Boy
b)
Marsh
c)
Bay
d)
Swamp

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