Scholastic Action: The Snake That's Eating Florida

VOCABULARY: Everglades National Park is a large stretch of ____________________ in Florida.

• discarded

• ecosystem

• exotic

• species

• wetlands

VOCABULARY: For decades, Burmese pythons have been changing the park’s ____________________.

• wetlands

• exotic

• species

• discarded

• ecosystem

VOCABULARY: Burmese pythons are an invasive ____________________ in the U.S.

• species

• ecosystem

• discarded

• wetlands

• exotic

VOCABULARY: The snakes were first brought here as ____________________ pets.

• discarded

• exotic

• wetlands

• ecosystem

• species

VOCABULARY: When the snakes grew too big and were ____________________ by their owners, many ended up in the Everglades.

• wetlands

• species

• ecosystem

• discarded

• exotic

In the article’s opening section, you learn that ______.

• most snakes come from Florida

• visitors to Everglades National Park saw an alligator wrestling with a snake

• Burmese pythons come from Asia

• Burmese pythons eat rabbits

Based on the article, Burmese pythons were first brought to the United States ______.

• for humans to eat

• to hunt alligators

• to be pets

• to be part of a magic act

Based on the article, the winds from Hurricane Andrew may have ______.

• knocked down trees in the Everglades

• killed adult pythons

• blown young pythons into the Everglades

• killed many alligators

The Python Challenge is an event in which ______.

• people hunt pythons

• pythons race each other

• pythons eat birds

• alligators fight pythons

• people chase pythons out of the Everglades

Which statement is NOT TRUE based on the article?

• Panthers eat adult Burmese pythons.

• Burmese pythons don’t often attack humans.

• Burmese pythons became popular pets in the 1990s.

• Burmese pythons eat other reptiles.