A student in your class made the claim that the best way to restore rockfish in the Chesapeake Bay is to protect and restore wetlands. Do you support or refute the claim made by your classmate? Use words and phrases from the word bank to complete the following response. I ( ) the claim made by my classmate. Wetlands provide a variety of ( ). Rockfish need clean water and habitat to grow and develop. Wetlands filter polluted (
)and keep waterways clean. Wetlands also provide a nursery for ( ) where they can hide and avoid predators. Wetlands are also home to small fish and other organisms that are ( ) for growing rockfish. Wetlands are critical ( )that support ( )in the Chesapeake Bay.

-support
-refute
-runoff
-development
-pollution
-ecosystems
-predators
-ecosystem services
-prey and food
-biodiversity
-juvinille rockfish