Everglades - Fourth Grade

1. Everglades National Park is located in ___.

• north Florida

• west Georgia

• south Florida

• all of Florida

2. Plants and animals are dependent on the ___ in which they live.

• state
• environment
• state
• neighborhoods

3. A long time ago, fresh water was ___.

• plentiful
• scarce
• polluted
• awful

4. The main thing that happened in Florida to cause concern about fresh water was ___.

• bad rainfall
• more animals
• lots of cars
• too many people

5. ___ and ___ were built to control the flow of fresh water in the Everglades.

• bridges, cities
• canals, levees
• roads, highways
• cities, canals

6. Salt water from the ___ began to invade the Everglades.

• Atlantic Ocean

• Gulf of Mexico

• Pacific Ocean

• Lake Okeechobee

7. Some animals that used to live in the Everglades in great numbers are now endangered, or ___. (A similar word for 'endangered')

• extinct

• threatened

• thriving

• gone

8. An animal that can be found in the Everglades is ___.

• wild dogs

• pigs

• pig frogs

• little prairie dogs

9. Something that has affected the animals and made them unsafe for us to eat is ___.

• lead

• gasoline

• guns

• mercury

10. Marjory Stoneman Douglas is know by many as the ___.

• Grandmother of Florida
• Mother of the Everglades
• Governor
• Protector of Alligators