Ecosystem Importance
This wetland provides fresh water to 8 million people
What is Florida Everglades?
The Everglades are located in this U.S. state
What is Florida?
Engineers built these structures that changed the natural flow of water.
What are canals, levees and dams?
This term describes the variety of living organisms in an ecosystem.
What is biodiversity?
These constructed wetlands help remove pollutants from water entering the Everglades.
What are stormwater treatment areas? (STA)
The Everglades help reduce the impact of these natural occurences.
What are storms and floods?
The Everglades are known for having this type of land surface
What is extremely flat land?
Runoff from these farming chemicals polluted Everglades waters.
What are fertilizers?
These birds have experienced major population declines due to habitat changes.
What are wading birds?
This restoration project is commonly known as CERP
What is the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan?
The Everglades trap greenhouse gases and act this type of regulating system
What is a carbon sink?
Water moves through the Everglades in a slow-moving "sheet flow" that is approximately this many miles wide.
What is 100 miles?
Large areas of wetlands were converted into these two land uses.
What are neighborhoods and agriculture?
Invasive species compete with native plants for these three resources.
What are food, water, and space?
Two habitats that rely on fire to thrive.
What are Pinelands and Marshes?
This international organization recognizes the Everglades as a World Heritage Site.
What is UNESCO?
This type of rock acts like a sponge and helps filter water underground
What is limestone?
This invasive snake species has caused severe declines in native wildlife.
What is a Burmese Python?
A major consequence of biodiversity loss is that ecosystems become less able to do this.
What is recover from environmental changes?
Individuals can help the Everglades by reducing the use of this resource.
What is water?
The type of water found in coastal estuaries?
What is brackish?
Because Florida lies where tropical and temperate climates meet, the Everglades support this unusual reptile combination.
What are American alligators and American crocodiles living together?
Everglades National Park has been reduced to roughly this fraction of its original size.
What is about 1/3?
The number of main Habitats of The Everglades?
What is 9?
Powerful tool used by Interpreters for conservation.
What is education/interpretation?