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Which of the following is NOT an abiotic factor?
a) air quality
b) soil
c) living organisms
d) sunlight

The health of an ecosystem is directly related to -
a) biotic factors
b) water quality
c) animal life
d) air movement

What is NOT a function of a wetland?
a) controls floods
b) causes pollution
c) filters water
d) provides habitat

Which is NOT an example of a wetland?
a) swamps
b) marshes
c) bogs
d) rivers

Which of the following wetlands would have large numbers of cattails and other grasslike plants?
a) bog
b) coastal wetland
c) marsh
d) swamp

Which wetland would have many trees and be found in a humid climate?
a) bog
b) coastal wetland
c) marsh
d) swamp

Which wetland likely formed in depressions left by pieces of melting ice sheets thousands of year ago?
a) bog
b) coastal wetland
c) marsh
d) swamp

As water moves slowly through a wetland, some waste materials settle out, some wastes are absorbed by plants, and silt and mud is trapped by plant roots. In this way, wetlands act as natural
a) filter
b) habitat
c) tributary
d) artesian well

Wetlands provide habitats for many living things because of their sheltered waters and...
a) large supply of nutrients
b) thick layer of mud
c) lack of insects
d) ability to prevent floods

Water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers is called...
a) salt water
b) rainwater
c) groundwater
d) water vapor

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