Wetland Wildlife
This amphibian starts life in water and develops legs as it grows.
What is a frog?
A wetland is an area where the ground is covered or saturated with?
What is water?
Fish use what organ to breathe underwater.
What is gills?
An adaptation is a trait that helps an animal do this.
What is survive?
This is something people can throw away that can pollute wetlands.
What is trash?
This animal builds dams that can create and change wetland habitats.
What is a beaver?
Wetlands can help protect communities by slowing down this during heavy/rain.
What is flooding/runoff?
This part of the fish's body helps them steer and move through the water.
What are fins?
A ducks feet are webbed to help do this.
What is swim?
Which has better eyesight: a dragonfly or a turtle?
Dragonfly!
This bird has long legs and often hunts for fish in shallow water.
What is a heron?
This is the measurement of how acidic or basic the water is.
What is PH
A fish's body is covered in these.
What is scales?
A frogs long and sticky tongue helps catch this?
What is food/prey/insects?
True or False: Wetlands are always under water?
What is no only 50 % of the time
This reptile has a hard shell that protects its body.
What is a turtle?
Wetland scan act like natural ______ by trapping pollutants and excess nutrients.
What are filters?
This line along the side of the fish helps them detect movement and vibrations in thew water.
What is a lateral line?
A turtles shell is an daptation primarily used for this.
What is protection?
What is the only marsupial in North America?
What is a Opossum?
This mammal has likes to crack open mussels with a rock.
What is a River Otter?
Name two things wetland provide for wildlife.
What are food, water, shelter.
Why are many fish shaped with a streamlined body?
Why might a wetland animal have camouflage?
To blend into it surrounding and avoid predators.
Can you name the salamander in Black Hawk County that is endangered?
What is a Blue Spotted Salamander.