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| Wetland | An area of land that is soaked with water for most of the year. |
| Ecosystem | All interactions between biotic (living) and abiotic (non-living) things in an environment. |
| Biotic | Living or was living. |
| Abiotic | Non-living. |
| Groundwater | Freshwater located underground. |
| Precipitation | Water that falls to the earth as rain, hail, sleet, or snow. |
| Submergent Plants | Plants that grow under the water. |
| Emergent Plants | Plants that have roots under the water, but grow above the water. |
| Floating Plants | Plants that float on the water. |
| Riparian zone | Green area of moisture loving plants that surrounds the edges of wetlands. |
| Aquatic zone | The wetland zone that contains water. |
| Upland zone | The driest zone, located furthest from the water. |
| Producer | A plant that can make its own food using sunlight. |
| Consumer | Animals that eat other plants or animals. |
| Decomposer | An organism that feeds on and breaks down dead plant and animal matter |
| Food chain | A chain of plants and animals that feed on each other |
| Food web | many food chains coonnected together |
