What kinds of plants and animals live in wetlands?       

Targets

At the end of this Unit you should be able to answer the following questions 

1. What is a wetland ecosystem?

1.1 What are various types of wetlands, and why do they matter?

1.2 What plants and animals may live in a wetland site?

1.3 What adaptations improve plant and animal suitability for life in a wetland?

2. What are the roles of various organisms in a food web?

2.1 Who are the producers, consumers, and decomposers in a wetlands habitat?

2.2 What are food chains and food webs?

What human actions affect wetland ecosystems?

3.1 How do changes in one environment affect other environments?

3.2 What human actions have positive effects or negative effects on wetland habitats?

targets
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Wetlands have well-adapted plants, insects, and animals. What are their characteristics?

In this lesson, you will learn about the kinds of plants, insects, and animals you are likely to find in a wetland.

  Science Connection

Finding who lives in a wetland can be a challenge because, in addition to ducks and dragonflies, much of the wildlife that lives in wetlands is microscopic.  Every drop of water in a wetland contains zooplankton (food for small creatures).  A scientist with a microscope can see much in the samples he or she takes!

Studying these insects can help us learn about more than the wetland – we can learn about the complete environment.