Identify the Habitats (1)
This habitat is the lowest, saltiest, and wetest habitat in the Everglades.
The Florida Bay
This habitat is high in elevation and becomes an "apartment building" for anything that does not live on the ground as well as a great place for hawks and owls to hunt their prey.
The Pine Rocklands
Manatee, Shoal, Widgeon, and Turtle are all types of what?
Seagrass
What type of fig grows on a tree branch and causes the tree to die?
Strangler Fig
The "apartment buildings" in the Pine Rockland are known as dorms?
False! - They are known as snags!
This habitat was a great place for Indians to camp and grow crops due to the wind protection, Solution Hole, and the canopy of trees.
The Hardwood Hammock
This habitat helps prevent saltwater buildup, keep debris out, and prevent the coast from washing into the bay.
The Mangroves
What is the name of water when freshwater and saltwater meet?
Fresh Water + Salt Water = ___________
Brackish Water
What type of plant wraps their roots around the branches of tress and stays as a house guest? this plant does not harm the tree.
Air plants (epiphyte)
Periphyton is a producer because it gets its energy from the sun.
True!
This habitat is known as the "River of Grass."
The Sawgrass Prairie
What habitat is more salty during the dry season and less salty during the wet season?
The Florida Bay
What is the ooey gooey stuff that is all around the sawgrass in the Sawgrass Prairie habitat?
Periphyton
What are the four types of Mangroves?
Red, Black, White, and Buttonwood
The Everglades became a National Park in 1947!
True!
This habitat is located where the freshwater in the Everglades meets the salt water of the ocean.
The Mangroves
This habitat provides fresh water to the Everglades. All animals want to go to this habitat for the fresh water during the dry season.
The Slough
What is the goopy carnivore that lives in the water of the Cypress Dome Habitat and eats water insects?
Bladderwarts
What is the grass known as in the Sawgrass Prairie that is made of tiny upward pointing teeth?
True!
This habitat is a forested wetland. It has many cypress trees that grow in the water in the depression hole. This habitat has water present even in the dry season.
The Cypress Dome
Which habitat is the MOST endangered habitat?
The Pine Rocklands
Which two habitats are fire dependent? (They NEED fires to survive!!)
Pine Rocklands and Sawgrass Prairie
What is dried periphyton known as?
Marl Soil
The large arching roots of the red mangroves are known as Pathways?
False! They are known as lenticles (poproots). They bring air to all the submerged roots!