Water & Atmosphere Ch1.4 Wetland Environments

Which type of wetland has large numbers of cattails and grasslike plants?

Marsh

Which wetland has many trees and is located in a humid climate?

Swamp

Mangrove trees would most likely be found in which wetland?

Coastal Wetlands

Which wetland formed in depressions left by pieces of melting ice sheets thousands of years ago?

Bog

Some wetlands dry up during long, hot summers and fill up during ----.

spring rains

Sometimes collect the "River of Grass," ---- is a vast wetland.

the Everglades

A pocosin is a type of ----.

bog

A wetland that contains both fresh and salt water is a -----.

coastal wetlands

Wetlands affect climates by making them more ------.

moderate

Two important roles of wetlands are to -------- and -----.

act as filters; control floods

An area that is covered with a shallow layer of water during some or all of the year is a ----.

Wetland