Everglades Quiz
Test your knowledge of the Everglades! Find out if you're an Everglades Genius!
The Everglades ecosystem is the:
Largest wetlands in the United States
Largest river in the Southeast
Largest area below sea-level in North America
The Everglades is actually a:
Very slow-moving river
Very slow-moving swamp
Very shallow lake
Lake Okeechobee is the world’s largest freshwater lake:
True
False
The Everglades ecosystem reaches as far north as:
Fort Lauderdale
Orlando
West Palm Beach
Congress passed legislation to help drain the Everglades in:
1945
1890
1850
The Everglades also is known as:
The River of Grass
The Grassy Swamp
The River Swamp
Mosquitoes were brought to the Everglades after hiding aboard ships from Europe:
True
False
Pythons are native to the Everglades:
True
False
America’s Everglades are home to:
15 types of alligators
11 species of threatened pear trees
67 threatened or endangered species
Canals dug throughout South Florida were intended to drain the Everglades:
True
False
Water in the Everglades ecosystem is unsuitable to be converted into drinking water.
True
False
The most serious water quality problem facing the greater Everglades and the coastal estuaries is the pollution of Lake Okeechobee.
True
False
When the southern edge of the Hoover Dike was completed it
Improved water flow to the Everglades
Improved the quality of water in the Everglades
Had no significant impact on water flow or its quality
Drastically reduced water flow
One of the most crucial things needed to help save the Everglades is:
Improved water storage
Building bridges to raise Tamiami Trail to improve water-flow
A continuing state and federal commitment to fund Everglades research and projects
Greater public awareness
All of the above.
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