Freshwater & Wetland Habitats

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Freshwater & Wetland Habitats

Reed Maze Wetlands

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Nookling — Freshwater & Wetland Habitats Reed Maze Wetlands

Hi!

I'm Nookling.

Welcome to Reed Maze Wetlands!

Will you help me investigate freshwater & wetland habitats?

The Grumblies have mixed up our clues.

Let's check the evidence!

Freshwater habitats include ponds and streams.

Wetlands have water covering or saturating soil for part or

all of the time.

Which habitat has the stated slow-water shelter?

  • A. The reedy pond edge
  • B. The fast bare channel
  • C. A dry sand dune

The answer is A: The reedy pond edge

Our organism card requires slow water and shelter among stems.

A reedy pond edge better matches those needs than a

fast bare channel in this comparison.

That clue helps us make sense of this place.

Water flow, depth, oxygen, plants and shelter influence

which organisms can live there.

A pond and a fast stream are not identical habitats.

What describes a wetland?

  • A. Only dry sand all year
  • B. Only permanently frozen rock
  • C. Ground covered or saturated with water at least part of the time

The answer is C: Ground covered or saturated with water

at least part of the time

Freshwater habitats include ponds and streams.

Wetlands have water covering or saturating soil for part or

all of the time.

Hmm...

how does that connect to our first clue?

Our organism card requires slow water and shelter among stems.

A reedy pond edge better matches those needs than a

fast bare channel in this comparison.

Which condition can distinguish freshwater habitats?

  • A. The page border
  • B. Water flow
  • C. The map's font

The answer is B: Water flow

Freshwater habitats include ponds and streams.

Wetlands have water covering or saturating soil for part or

all of the time.

Nice investigating!

You've been following the evidence.

Let's bring our clues together before the adventure.

Freshwater habitats include ponds and streams.

Water flow, depth, oxygen, plants and shelter influence

which organisms can live there.

Our organism card requires slow water and shelter among stems.

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