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1 The Everglades ecosystem is really a wide, slow moving river. 2. Man-made canals contribute positively to the health of the Everglades 3. The Everglades covers about 1500 acres of Southern Florida. 4. Tree islands in the Everglades are shaped by flowing water. 5. The Everglades begins just south of Orlando. 6. The bedrock of the Everglades is made of sandstone. 7. Water from Lake Okeechobee once flowed into the Kissimmee River. 8. The final destination of water flowing through the Everglades is Florida Bay. T F F T T F F T Grade 9th-12th - Lesson 1 EVERGLADES CURRICULUM Anticipation Guide Teacher Key Everglades: River of Grass Before Viewing TRUE or FALSE After Viewing TRUE or FALSE

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Page 1: Everglades: River of Grass - Dream in Greendreamingreen.org/.../2017/09/River-Grass...Answers.pdf · 1 The Everglades ecosystem is really a wide, slow moving river. 2. Man-made canals

1 The Everglades ecosystem is really a wide, slow moving river.

2. Man-made canals contribute positively to the health of the Everglades

3. The Everglades covers about 1500 acres of Southern Florida.

4. Tree islands in the Everglades are shaped by flowing water.

5. The Everglades begins just south of Orlando.

6. The bedrock of the Everglades is made of sandstone.

7. Water from Lake Okeechobee once flowed into the Kissimmee River.

8. The final destination of water flowing through the Everglades is Florida Bay.

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Grade 9th-12th - Lesson 1EVERGLADES CURRICULUM

Anticipation Guide Teacher Key

Everglades: River of Grass

Before ViewingTRUE or FALSE

After ViewingTRUE or FALSE

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Adobe Photoshop PDF - Everglades · and brown expanse of saw grass and of water, shining and slow-moving below, the grass and water that is the meaning and the central fact of the

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