Everglades Forever: Restoring America's Great Wetland

Who is the author?

Who is the photographer?

What type of genre is this story?

What is narrative nonfiction?

Who are the characters in our story?

The author's main purpose in writing this article is to?

• Explain and critize

• Inform and persuade

• Exaggerate and persuade

• Inform and express emotions

How does an anhinga thermoregulate themselves?

• Basking in the sun

• Lowering its heart rate

• Perching in a mangrove

• Bathing in brackish water

Which animals rely on the habitat of the mangrove swamp?

• Egrets and lizards

• Anhingas and egrets

• Ospreys and cormorants

• sea turtles and manatees

Solution holes are formed by a reaction between?

• Spider webs and soil

• Sawgrass and Lichens

• Hammocks and sloughs

• Tannic acid and limestone

What is a reason the author suggest for saving the sawgrass prairie?

• Development

• Growth

• Marshes

• Silence