NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Marshes contain nonwoody plants, such as cattails, while swamps are dominated by woody plants, such as flood-tolerant trees and shrubs. pollutants from the water that flows through them. Therefore, wetlands improve the water quality of lakes, rivers, and reservoirs downstream.

Detailed explanation-2: -Wet Meadows. This wetland type includes many abandoned agricultural fields and formerly flooded beaver ponds, wet portions of hayfields, as well as other seasonally flooded or saturated areas where non-woody plants are dominant. Wet meadows occur in a wide variety of settings, and the vegetation varies considerably.

Detailed explanation-3: -Swamps include a broad range of wetlands that have standing or slowly moving water and are dominated by trees or shrubs. Swamps differ from marshes in that swamps do not contain large amounts of cattails, sedges, bulrushes, and other non-woody aquatic plants.

Detailed explanation-4: -Lakes. As with oceans, the benthic zone is the floor of the lake, composed of accumulated sunken organic matter. The littoral zone is the zone bordering the shore; light penetrates easily and aquatic plants thrive.

Detailed explanation-5: -Wetlands slow the flow of water, allowing it to replenish the ground water supply that most plants and many people depend on. By slowing the water during floods, wetlands reduce flood damage in areas downstream and around them.