1. In which U.S. region are peat bogs most abundant?

a. Coastal Plains
b. Central Texas
c. Prairie Pothole Region
d. Northeast and Lake States

2. Coastal salt marsh sediments generally originate from which three sources?

a. river deposition, reworking of offshore sediments, precipitation
b. river deposition, reworking of offshore sediments, biological production
c. reworking of offshore sediments, upwelling of polar water, storm surges
d. precipitation, biological production, storm surges

3. What distinguishes a "deepwater swamp" and a "bottomland"?

a. soil depth
b. duration of flooding
c. proximity to a major river
d. temperature

4. The "Carboniferous" period actually consists of which two periods of geologic history?

a. Pleistocene and Holocene
b. Pleistocene and Mississippian
c. Pennsylvanian and Mississippian
d. Pennsylvanian and Precambrian

5. According to the Cowardin System of wetland classification, the three attributes a site must have to be designated a "wetland" include all of the following except

a. the land periodically supports predominantly hydrophytes.
b. the substrate is predominantly undrained hydric soil.
c. the substrate is inundated at some time during the year.
d. the substrate is saturated or has shallow water during some part of each year's growing season.

6. One hydrologic distinction between the book's "southern deepwater swamps" and "riparian and bottomland wetlands" is that

a. Taxodium needs continuous flooding to become established.
b. riparian and bottomland wetlands are only seasonally flooded, while southern deepwater swamps are usually flooded.
c. riparian and bottomland wetlands are usually flooded, while southern deepwater swamps are only seasonally flooded.
d. riparian wetlands develop primarily in seasonally flooded ponds and bays.

7. Where would you expect the behavior of water levels in a wetland to be most predictable?

a. 1st-order stream
b. 2nd-order stream
c. 3rd-order stream
d. coastal salt marsh

8. Wetland A has a higher mean flood duration but a lower flood frequency than Wetland B. In plain English, this means that

a. A tends to flood deeper.
b. B has a higher mean time between floods.
c. A is flooded longer but fewer times.
d. B floods less often and more shallowly.

9. Some Carolina bays in the South Carolina coastal plain have peat accumulations >0.5m deep. Which of the following best characterizes their climate and hydrology?

a. winter-wet, summer-dry
b. warm temperatures, variable water level
c. warm temperatures, high and stable water level
d. cool temperatures, high and stable water level

10. Which of the following is the best ranking of the importance of water input sources in forested wetlands in the Waccamaw River floodplain near Little River (up near the North Carolina Border)? (Note: Look at this page before you answer this question.)

a. ET > S_i > P_n
b. S_i > P_n > T
c. ET > S_i > T
d. T > ET > S_i