Wetlands in the United States ________.

- have decreased due to human development
- have increased due to human development
- have decreased due to natural causes, such as floods and hurricanes
- have increased due to natural causes, such as floods and hurricanes
- have stayed about the same over the past 40 years


have decreased due to human development

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What will be an ideal response?

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