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Wetlands and Water

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many types of marshes are there?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

2.

What does brackish mean?

a)

salty

b)

mix of salt and fresh

c)

freshwater

3.

What are the three types of wetlands?

a)

bog, marsh, swamp

b)

bog, pond, river

c)

marsh, bayou, desert

4.

A bay is ___.

a)

completely surrounded by water

b)

partly surrounded by land

c)

flowing body of freshwater

5.

A lake is ___.

a)

completely surrounded by land

b)

partly surrounded by land

c)

flowing body of freshwater

6.

A river is ___.

a)

completely surrounded by water

b)

partly surrounded by land

c)

flowing body of freshwater

7.

An estuary is where ____.

a)

birds migrate from all over the world

b)

the land is dry

c)

freshwater meets salt

8.

What is the shape of a delta?

a)

square

b)

triangle

c)

fan

9.

A delta is the mouth of a ____.

a)

river

b)

turtle

c)

pond

10.

What grows in a bog?

a)

cypress trees

b)

flowers

c)

peat

11.

What's the difference between marshes and swamps?

a)

marshes are bigger than swamps

b)

swamps smell

c)

marshes have mostly grass and swamps have mostly trees

12.

This is ___

a)

a swamp

b)

a marsh

c)

a bog

13.

This is a ___

a)

river

b)

lake

c)

delta

14.

What type of wetland is this?

a)

swamp

b)

marsh

c)

bog

15.

This is a ___.

a)

river

b)

delta

c)

bay

16.

What type of wetland is this?

a)

swamp

b)

marsh

c)

bog

17.

What is in this picture?

a)

bog

b)

swamp

c)

delta

18.

Rain, Sleet, Snow, and Hail

a)

climate

b)

weather

c)

precipitation

19.

Climate is

a)

weather now

b)

weather tomorrow

c)

weather over a long time

20.

Erosion is when land is ___.

a)

taken away

b)

built up

c)

saved

21.

Dams will ___.

a)

block water

b)

control the flow

c)

flood the area

22.

Levees will ___.

a)

block water

b)

control the flow

c)

flood the area

23.

Adapt means to change ___.

a)

others

b)

the world

c)

ourselves

24.

Modify means to ___.

a)

change us

b)

change others

c)

change surroundings

25.

Wearing a jacket or eating seafood down here is an example of ___.

a)

adapting

b)

modifying

26.

Bridges, dams, and levees are examples of ___.

a)

adapting

b)

modifying