Natural Aquatic Habitats: Wetlands Quiz

Test your new knowledge about wetland habitats with this self-scored quiz.

Select the answer that is correct.

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1. What is a wetland?

Land covered with deep water, like a lake

Land that is dry, like a desert

Land covered by shallow water for all or part of the year

Land where no animals can live

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2. Which is not a top producer in a wetland?

Saw grass

Seagrass

Mangrove

Alligator

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3. Why are alligators called top predators?

Very few things can eat full-grown alligators.

They are at the bottom of the food chain.

They eat mosquitoes.

They are poisonous.

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4. What role do mosquitoes play in the food chain?

They are not important to the food chain.

They are food for fish and other insects.

They are producers.

They are filter feeders, and they filter and clean the water.

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5. More than 100 years ago, _______ covered more than half of the state.

forests

rivers

wetlands

deserts

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6. Which of the following is not a main function of a wetland?

To provide protection from floods

To filter and clean the water

To provide a habitat for living things

To provide water for irrigating our lawns

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7. Which is not a kind of wetland?

Freshwater marsh

Swamp

Salt marsh

Lake

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8. What type of plant would not be found in a marsh?

Saw grass

Cypress trees

Sedges

Grasses

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9. Where does the energy originate that powers wetlands?

Sun

Snakes

Mosquitoes

Bluegill

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10. Wetlands are important to many animals what is not a reason animals visit wetlands?

eat

drink water

complete their life cycle

destroy it

Natural Aquatic Habitats: Wetlands Quiz

Test your new knowledge about wetland habitats with this self-scored quiz.

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* 1. What is a wetland?

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* 2. Which is not a top producer in a wetland?

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* 3. Why are alligators called top predators?

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* 4. What role do mosquitoes play in the food chain?

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* 5. More than 100 years ago, _______ covered more than half of the state.

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* 6. Which of the following is not a main function of a wetland?

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* 7. Which is not a kind of wetland?

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* 8. What type of plant would not be found in a marsh?

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* 9. Where does the energy originate that powers wetlands?

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* 10. Wetlands are important to many animals what is not a reason animals visit wetlands?

1. What is a wetland?

2. Which is not a top producer in a wetland?

3. Why are alligators called top predators?

4. What role do mosquitoes play in the food chain?

5. More than 100 years ago, _______ covered more than half of the state.

6. Which of the following is not a main function of a wetland?

7. Which is not a kind of wetland?

8. What type of plant would not be found in a marsh?

9. Where does the energy originate that powers wetlands?

10. Wetlands are important to many animals what is not a reason animals visit wetlands?