New Jersey Wetlands Quiz Answers

1. b. Because of the geography and development patterns in the state, most of the remaining wetlands are in the southern coastal plain areas.
   
2. b, again. 67% of the state's wetlands are freshwater. Brackish wetlands comprise 31.6% and marine wetlands, rivers and lakes make up the remaining 1.4%.
   
3. b. Check out the question above.
   
4. b. This represents a loss of 584,000 acres which is significant even when compared to losses in our neighboring states of Pennsylvania (56%), New York (60%) and Delaware (73%).
   
5. b yet again. We haven't learned from past mistakes. Unfortunately there is still some legal and illegal destruction of wetlands.
   
6. True, there are different laws regulating freshwater and salt water wetlands, and activities like dredging and construction in wetlands.
   
7. True. This statement comes from New Jersey's wetlands protection laws.
   
8. True, these are just a few of the important functions of wetlands.
   
9. True, many plants and animals are only found in wetlands, and many others rely on wetlands for part of their life cycle.
   
10. True, this statement comes from government studies of wetlands.