Wetland Enviornments 1.5 Quiz

___________________ environments are permanently flooded, often serve as sinks of materials and nutrients (such as sediments), and have generally low productivity.

Aquatic

____________ environments are a transition between terrestrial and deep water systems.  They are intermittently to permanently flooded.

Wetland

The determination of the boundaries of a wetland is called 

Delineation

Wetlands are often called nature's ____________, because they support an extensive food chain and rich biodiversity. 

Supermarket

Wetlands are often referred to as the _______ of the landscape.

Kidneys

in the figure below, which describes the basic components of wetland definition, item 1 represents _______.

Geomorphology

Rates of primary productivity of wetlands are often less than those observed in tropical rain forests. True or False?

Flase

____________ environments are characterized as having a generally dry substrate, being a source of materials and nutrients, and having low to moderate productivity.

Terrestrial