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- New Jersey's wetlands are spread:
(a) evenly around the state
(b) mainly in the Pinelands
(c) mainly along the coast - Most of New Jersey's wetlands are:
(a) brackish (b) freshwater (c) marine - New Jersey has ___ acres of wetlands (19%
of the state).
(a) 9,160,000 (b) 916,000 (c) 91,600 - Since Colonial times, New Jersey has lost
___ of its wetlands.
(a) 73% (b) 39% (c) 60% - Since wetlands protection laws were passed,
New Jersey has lost ___ acres of wetlands to development.
(a) 20 (b) 2,000 (c) 20,000 - New Jersey wetlands are protected by several
state and federal laws and agencies.
(True or False) - Wetlands work 24-hours a day, seven days
a week.
(True or False) - Wetlands provide a wide range of benefits,
including socioeconomic values, environmental quality values
and fish and wildlife values.
(True or False) - Of the state's Threatened and Endangered
species, 75% of the animals and 65% of the plants are found in
wetlands.
(True or False) - Destruction of wetlands will cost New Jersey
residents more dollars (in long-term public losses) to control
flooding, to fight drought and to purify water, than any short-term
gains.
(True or False)
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