Wetland Animals
This animal is a keystone species. By building their homes near water, they can be responsible for creating entire wetland habitats.
What are beavers?
This is an area of land that is covered by water or saturated by water either permanently or seasonally.
What is a wetland?
This iconic wetland plant has tall brown flower spikes and fluffy seeds that spread in the wind.
What is cattail?
This fictional character calls a wetland his home. He is know for having a sidekick named "Donkey".
Who is Shrek?
Wetlands are a part of this big cycle that moves water around Earth.
What is the water cycle?
True or False: Alligators and crocodiles are found in all U.S. wetlands.
What is false?
Wetlands are often referred to as this because they help soak up excess water and rain.
What is a sponge?
This tree is water tolerant and commonly grows along streambanks, in floodplains, and other wet areas. It is known for its pealing bark and white trunk.
What is a sycamore?
The Pokemon named Lotad resembles this floating wetland plant with big round leaves.
What is a lily pad?
Wesselman Woods Nature Society cares for another property. This property is a wetland and is one of the largest in Indiana.
What is Howell Wetlands?
This group of animals has no backbone and spends at least part of its life in water, making wetlands an important habitat for them.
What is a macroinvertebrate?
True or False: Only freshwater wetlands exist - saltwater can't support wetland ecosystems.
What is false? Salt marshes and mangroves are examples of saltwater wetlands.
Even though this tree is abundant in Wesselman Woods which is known as a bottomland forest, this tree prefers drier land. Hint: The leaf can look like the face of a cat.
What is a tulip tree?
The "Swamp Lepus" is a magical creature that resides in swamps from this popular movie and book universe.
What is Harry Potter?
This percentage of all U.S. wetlands have been destroyed by development.
What is 50%?
Standing nearly five feet tall, this endangered North American bird is known for its loud, whooping call and reliance on wetland habitats.
What is a Whooping crane?
Wetlands are typically organized into these four general categories.
What is marsh, bog, swamp, and fen?
This type of tree grows in swamps and has "knees" that stick out of the water.
What is a bald cypress?
In Disney's The Princess and the Frog, much of the story takes place in wetlands around this U.S. city.
What is New Orleans?
This immature stage of a dragonfly lives underwater and breathes through gills.
What is a nymph?
This semi-aquatic rodent, sometimes confused with a beaver, builds dome-shaped lodges out of vegetation, has a vertically flattened tail, and is known for its strong musky odor.
What is a muskrat?
Wetlands play a vital role in ___________ , ____________, and ___________.
What is flood control, wildlife habitat, and clean water.
These tiny flowering plants float on the surface of wetlands and are among the smallest flowering plants on Earth. The first part of the word is also a type of bird.
What is duckweed?
In Minecraft, this skeleton variant shoots poisonous arrows and exclusively lives in swamps and mangrove forests.
What is a bogged?
This is the process where earthen materials like soil and rock are worn away and transported by natural forces such as water, wind, or ice.
What is erosion?