Everglades

1. A____________ of people will attend the playoff games each year.

Peninsula

Multitude

Scurried

Eons

2. At the end of the selection, the children want to return home quickly so they can__________.

Have dinner

Watch television

Grow up and save the Everglades

Grow up and build large cities

3. The state of Florida is a ___________.

Triangle

Long rectangle

Grassy island

Peninsula

4. A____________ of orange blossoms will bloom, filling the grove with a wonderful scent.

Plenitude

Scurried

Pondered

Peninsula

5. Students__________ the ideas presented in the video on life in outer space

Entrusted

Pondered

Multitude

Scurried

6. As the wolf approached the clearing, the other animals ______________ off to safety.

Pondered

Multitude

Scurried

Peninsula

7. Vocabulary question.........
We got lots of ocean breezes at the cottage because it is located on a ____________ that juts into the ocean.

Peninsula

Multitude

Plenitude

Pondered

8. Alligators can walk unhurt among the spears of saw grass because they_____________.

Have very tough skin

Have large teeth to chew the saw grass

Crawl under the saw grass spears

Eat the spikes of the spears

9. In this selection, the author describes the Everglades as a "living kaleidoscope of color and beauty" because ________________.

Many kinds of trees, flowers, and animals live there

The pieces of glass in the kaleidoscope change color constantly

Orchids grown along the sides of the trees

The birds are as colorful as the flowers

10. When Lake Okeechobee flooded, the spill_________________.

Flooded Miami

Became a river

Formed waterfalls

Filled holes with limestone

11. _______ is rock formed on the bottom of the sea by seashells.

Sandstone

Quicksilver

Saw grass

Limestone

12. According to the selection, egrets almost became extinct because________.

They were killed by other animals for food

Indians used their feathers for headdresses

Hunters sold their feathers to decorate women's hats

The winters became too cold for them

13. Who were the next people to move to the Everglades?

Spanish Conquistadors

Creek Indians

Seminole Indians

Calusas

14. Which group of early visitors still has some people living in the Everglades?

Spanish Conquistadors

Seminole Indians

Creek Indians

Calusas

15. The beginning of the selection describes the Everglades____________.

As they are today

During the Age of Seashells

During the Age of Exploration

In the early 20th Century

16. Who were the first people to come to the Everglades?

Spanish Conquistadors

Seminole Indians

Creek Indians

Calusas

17. The Spanish Conquistadors left Florida because____________?

It was too hot for them

Alligators attacked them

The land was too jungle-like

Creek Indians drove them out

Everglades

1. A____________ of people will attend the playoff games each year.

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. At the end of the selection, the children want to return home quickly so they can__________.

3. The state of Florida is a ___________.

4. A____________ of orange blossoms will bloom, filling the grove with a wonderful scent.

5. Students__________ the ideas presented in the video on life in outer space

6. As the wolf approached the clearing, the other animals ______________ off to safety.

7. Vocabulary question.........We got lots of ocean breezes at the cottage because it is located on a ____________ that juts into the ocean.

8. Alligators can walk unhurt among the spears of saw grass because they_____________.

9. In this selection, the author describes the Everglades as a "living kaleidoscope of color and beauty" because ________________.

10. When Lake Okeechobee flooded, the spill_________________.

11. _______ is rock formed on the bottom of the sea by seashells.

12. According to the selection, egrets almost became extinct because________.

13. Who were the next people to move to the Everglades?

14. Which group of early visitors still has some people living in the Everglades?

15. The beginning of the selection describes the Everglades____________.

16. Who were the first people to come to the Everglades?

17. The Spanish Conquistadors left Florida because____________?

7. Vocabulary question.........
We got lots of ocean breezes at the cottage because it is located on a ____________ that juts into the ocean.