Wetland Plant and Animal AdaptationsName: ______________________ Class: _____________ Date: _________________________

Plant Adaptation

Cattail Have air cells in stalk.Two ways to reproduce:

Water Lilies

Peat moss

Animal Adaptation

Mosquito

Caddisfly Larvae

Muskrat

Plant Adaptations

Name Adaptations

Sedges

• ___________ grow in the soggy ground and near the surface to keep the plant sturdy in the ground

• ______________ _______________ let air travel from the leaves down to the roots.

Name Adaptations

Spike Rushes

• Hollow stems let air travel to the roots and help hold the plant up straight

• Seeds are on the top of the plant so they have ______________ __________ _________________ and can _________ _________________

• Plants grow together in ______________ to help support each other

Name Adaptations

Cattail • Hollow stems let air travel to the roots and help the plant stand up straight

• Makes ___________ __________ that survive ____________ and can be carried distances; they make a new plant when they are _____________ to ____________

• Thick, fibrous roots help the plant stand up in ___________ or ________ soil

Name Adaptations

Duckweed

• Hollow leaves stay ______________

• Seeds stay _______________ the leaves until the plant dies and then they ________ to the _______________ of the pond and start new plants

• The plant latches on to animals and _____________ seeds this way

• Grows very quickly to keep its population up

Animal Adaptations

Name Adaptations

Beaver • uses ________ as a rudder to ___________ when

swimming

• ____________ __________ help swim faster

• ___________ __________________ coat

• builds lodge on water

• lips close behind teeth so they can chew on wood without getting water in mouth

• have ______________ eyelids to see underwater

Name Adaptations

Frog • long hind legs assist with ____________________

• ___________ ___________ help swim faster

• eyes can move all directions to protect itself

• absorbs ____________ and ___________ through their skin

Name Adaptations

Mallard Duck

• webbed feet to __________ ______________

• holds breath to dive under water for food

• mother ducks lead _____________ away by _____________ loudly and then leaving ducklings behind to protect them

• can take off out of water quickly to avoid predators

Name Adaptations

Damselfly

• mate in flight, males have claws to hang on to females

• when damselfly eggs __________, they have little _________ to hang onto the ground to they won’t get washed away

• regulate their ____________________ by laying in the sun or beating their wings

Name Adaptations

Water Strider

• walks on surface with a __________________ motion

• _____________________ by making _____________ on the surface of the water

• have __________ __________ on legs and feet to keep them on ________ of the ____________