Eco-Mystery Quiz

Question 1: Before you begin solving the Wetland Eco-Mystery you need to know how to identify a wetland. What characteristics makes something a wetland.

It's soil, plants and animals.

It's soil, water and plants.

It's plants, water and animals.

It's soil, water, plants and animals.

Question 2: As you are solving the Eco-Mystery you may hear a wetland called a variety of different names. If you were going to investigate a wetland you would want to visit four of these. Which one would you NOT visit?

Marsh

Prairie Pothole

Lake

Pond

Swamp

Question 3: When investigating wetlands you may find animal tracks, What can the tracks tell you?

What the animal was doing

The exact time the tracks were made

If the animal is male or female

Nothing, it is too hard to tell.

Question 4: This image is a picture of the...

Food Web

decomposition

photosynthesis

Water cycle

Life cycle

Question 5: Which answer describes the predator>prey relationship between a mosquito and a dragonfly?

They are both insects.

The mosquito eats the dragonfly.

Both live in the wetland ecosystem.

The dragonfly eats the mosquito.

There is no predator>prey relationship.

Question 6: Which species introduced into the Arizona Wetlands is a threat to the native species

Bullfrogs

Muskrats

Ladybugs

Yuma Clapper Rail

Question 7: What special adaptations does the Great Egret have for living in a wetland environment?

White feathers

Wings

A beak

long legs

Question 8:  Which of the following help to clean the water in a wetland area?

Purple Loosestrife

Salt Cedar

Lily pads

Cattails

Question 9: The process of breaking down dead plants and animals is called:

transpiration

osmosis

decomposition

the water cycle

Question 10: A common plant found floating on the surface of many wetland environments and known as the smallest flowering plant is:

cactus

duckweed

Water lilies

salt cedar

Question 11: An animal that builds it's shelter out of cattails is called...

beaver

raccoon

rabbit

muskrat

Question 12: A habitat provides 4 essential elements to an organism. They are

food, water, shelter and space

food, shelter, space and soil

shelter, water, space and entertainment

food, water, space and trees.