JEAN CRAIGHEAD GEORGE: EVERGLADES (Read aloud on youtube)

Another name for the Everglades is ___.

• Fast River

• River of Grass

• Okeechobee River

• Land of Strange Creatures

In this book, the Storyteller is most likely a ___.

• student

• park guide

• Native American

• Conquistador

Everglades is a story book about a ___.

• mythical creature

• alligator

• lake

• river

There is no other ecosystem in the world like the Everglades.

• True

• False

LONG AGO, seashells formed the rock bottom of the Everglades and Florida. This rock is called ___.

• limestone

• bedrock

• lava

• quartz

How is the River of Grass formed?

• a hurricane blew in and started it in 1875

• the Mississippi River drained into it from up north

• Lake Okeechobee filled up and spilled over its banks

• nobody really knows

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What was the best estimate for how WIDE the River of Grass actually is?

• 50 feet wide

• 50 miles wide

• 10 feet wide

• 1 mile wide

Only alligators could actually walk through the River of Grass because of their tough skin protecting them from the ___.

• sawgrass

• panthers

• frogs and mosquitoes

• sharks

Check all animals that could be found in the Everglades long ago.

• panther

• deer

• dinosaurs

• unicorns

• snails

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Why did so many varieties of birds flock to the Everglades?

• It was a beautiful place to live.

• They loved the warm weather.

• There were tons of snails, crabs, bugs, and fish to eat.

• They were not afraid of alligators and could walk in the shallow water.

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