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Lakes and Wetlands

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
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 
2.
A wetland is like a sieve because it
a)
filters water
b)
absorbs water
c)
provides habitat
3.
A wetland is like a sponge because it
a)
absorbs flood water
b)
cleans water
c)
provides habitat
4.
Which type of wetland has peat moss and receives most of its' water from precipitation?
a)
Bog
b)
Marsh
c)
Swamp
5.
A land area that is covered with water for part of the year is called:
a)
Lake
b)
Wetland
c)
River
6.
What is a wetland that has woody trees and shrubs growing in it?
a)
Boy
b)
Marsh
c)
Bay
d)
Swamp
7.

What is the land area that water flows over to provides runoff to a creek, stream, river, or other body of water?

a)

Runoff

b)

Wetland

c)

Watershed

8.

Settlers drained wetlands to turn them into what?

a)

Homes

b)

Wildlife habitat

c)

Schools

d)

Farmlands

9.
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
10.
What is NOT a function of a wetland?
a)
Filters Water
b)
Provides organisms with a habitat
c)
Improves Water Quality
d)
Causes Erosion
11.

A wetland does NOT always have

a)

hydric or wet soils

b)

water loving plants

c)

water all year

12.

In a lentic system water is not flowing.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Decaying plant matter found in a bog is called...

a)

bay grasses

b)

peat

c)

zooplankton

d)

macroinvertebrate organisms

14.
A land area that is covered with water for part of the year is called:
a)
Lake
b)
Wetland
c)
River
15.
Wetlands help control flooding by
a)
absorbing runoff from heavy rains
b)
collecting water behind dams
c)
providing natural water filtration
d)
quickly releasing water
16.
A land area that is saturated with water for part of the year and supports plants adapted to the wet conditions is called:
a)
partial wetland
b)
wetland
c)
swampy
d)
wasted land
17.
Microscopic, free-floating, autotrophic organisms that function as producers in aquatic ecosystems are called...
a)
plankton
b)
zooplankton
c)
phytoplankton
d)
bacteria
18.
A shallow zone in a freshwater habitat where light reaches the bottom. It's the most biologically diverse location in a lake.
a)
limnetic zone
b)
profundal zone
c)
littoral zone
d)
benthic zone
19.

Located at the bottom of a pond or lake

a)

benthic

b)

littoral

c)

swamp

d)

eutrophic

20.
Organism that breaks down dead organisms 
a)
plankton
b)
benthos
c)
decomposer
d)
nekton
21.
Microscopic algae and protozoa that float and drift in a body of water...
a)
Nekton
b)
Parasite
c)
Plankton
22.
The zone near the shoreline in a lake is known as the _________________zone.
a)
benthic 
b)
photosynthesis 
c)
littoral 
23.

The portion of the photic (light) zone that is farther from the shore than the littoral zone; no rooted plants are found in this zone

a)

limnetic zone

b)

littoral zone

c)

benthic zone

d)

photic zone

24.
Lentic bodies of water include:
a)
Lakes, ponds, and wetlands
b)
Streams and rivers
25.
This zone is located in the open water at a depth that is too deep for photosynthesis
a)
Limnetic zone
b)
Benthic zone
c)
Littoral zone
d)
Profundal zone
26.

This zone is located in the open, sunlight area away from shore; extends to the maximum depth that sunlight reaches; main photosynthetic zone.

a)

Littoral zone

b)

Limnetic zone

c)

Benthic zone

d)

Profundal zone

27.

Which of the following is true about a lake turnover?

a)

Stratification occurs in the spring and fall in a northern lake

b)

Turnovers occur in the summer in a southern lake

c)

Turnovers occur in the winter and summer in a southern lake

d)

Northern lakes have turnovers in the fall and the spring

28.

Aquatic plants that grow above the water's surface are called _____ plants

a)

floating

b)

submergent

c)

emergent

d)

potamogeton

29.

Plants growing beneath the water's surface are called __________ plants.

a)

submergent

b)

emergent

c)

floating

30.

The density of water is greatest at which temperature (celsius)?

a)

0

b)

1

c)

2

d)

3

e)

4

31.

A lake that is layered according to thermal density is considered ...

a)

isothermic

b)

eutrophic

c)

stratified

d)

profundal

32.

In a stratified lake the top of water column is the

a)

epilimnion

b)

metalimnion

c)

hypolimnion

d)

perilimnion

33.

The small habitats that exist in different parts of a wetland are ...

a)

ecosystems

b)

microhabitats

c)

a niche

d)

too small for organisms

34.

The part the water column where rapid temperature change occurs.

a)

epilimnion

b)

metalimnion

c)

hypolimnion

d)

benthic

35.

Vernal ponds may have all of the following organisms except ...

a)

fish

b)

fairy shrimp

c)

tadpoles

d)

ducks

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