America's Wild Spaces: The Everglades

What number of plant and animal species in the Everglades is listed as threatened or endangered?

• 32
• 51
• 68
• 117

The entire state of Florida sits on a bed of which kind of rock?

• quartz
• granite
• sandstone
• limestone

 Which invasive snake species has established itself as a dominant predator in the Everglades?

• anaconda
• Burmese python
• cottonmouth
• Rainbow Boa

What was the reason that mangrove trees seemed to be giving off more carbon dioxide than they would normally?

• Increased sunlight caused the mangroves' soil to decompose more quickly.
• Rising sea levels caused the mangroves' respiration process to speed up.
• Large amounts of storm sediment in the soil altered the chemical composition of the mangrove trees.
• All of the above.

Man and beast travel through the everglades by ___.

• air
• land
• water

Why are manatees increasingly venturing into manmade harbors where they risk injury or death from boat propellers?

• They are looking for food.
• They are looking for fresh water.
• hey are seeking shelter from high boat traffic in their regular range.
• Their usual habitat has been polluted.

The Everglades & FL Bay are in danger to to the lack (limiting factor)_____

• salt water
• high tides
• oxygen 
• fresh water

Two reptiles, one invasive & this one endangered, ___.

• American Alligator
• American Crocodile
• Brown Anole
• Cottonmouth

The Everglades' wetlands are characterized by ''tree islands" and the land forms are defined by ___.

• inches
• feet
• meters
• gallons

One of the fish samples taken from a gator hole, was 100" Invasive Species of fish from the aquaria trade.

• TRUE
• FALSE