EVERGLADES EVERGLADES

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JACOB S. JACOB N. EDWARD H. JACOB S. JACOB N. EDWARD H. MARCO S. MARCO S.

EvergladesEvergladesEnvironment Environment

Environment Environment

The temperature there is usually 80f The temperature there is usually 80f The humidly is usually 80%The humidly is usually 80% It feels like you are in water It feels like you are in water The floods help the EvergladesThe floods help the Everglades

How Humans Affect The EvergladesHow Humans Affect The Everglades

These Are some ways we are destroying the These Are some ways we are destroying the everglades because of us the everglades is everglades because of us the everglades is only half the size it was.only half the size it was.

We keep littering there.We keep littering there. We kill animals that live there.We kill animals that live there.

It has been like this for over 50 years It has been like this for over 50 years

Main OrganismsMain OrganismsThese are some Important These are some Important plants: Duckweed, Blue-green plants: Duckweed, Blue-green algae, and saw grass. algae, and saw grass.

Bacteria and earthworms are Bacteria and earthworms are Decomposers. Decomposers.

Important OrganismsImportant Organisms

Important animals are the Florida water Important animals are the Florida water rat because a lot of animals eat it, Apple rat because a lot of animals eat it, Apple snail because it is the only thing the snail because it is the only thing the Snail Kite eats The alligator eats fish & Snail Kite eats The alligator eats fish & snakes. The mosquito fish eat snakes. The mosquito fish eat mosquitoes drifting on the water. mosquitoes drifting on the water.

Main Abiotic FactorsMain Abiotic Factors

The Everglades is normally warmThe Everglades is normally warm year round. Even when it is dry it still year round. Even when it is dry it still rains a little. Some of the abiotic rains a little. Some of the abiotic factors are temperature and water factors are temperature and water level. The water level effects this level. The water level effects this ecosystem because the fish wont be ecosystem because the fish wont be able to swim and animals wont be able to swim and animals wont be able to bathe. We need the water level able to bathe. We need the water level in the Everglades to get bigger.in the Everglades to get bigger.

Three Producers &Three Producers & ConsumersConsumers Three of the consumers and producers are:Three of the consumers and producers are:

Producers:Producers: DuckweedDuckweed Bald CypressBald Cypress Gumbo-LimboGumbo-Limbo

Consumers:Consumers: Florida PantherFlorida Panther Snail KiteSnail Kite Florida Water RatFlorida Water Rat

Food WebFood WebPanther American Alligator Cottonmouth SnakePanther American Alligator Cottonmouth Snake

Mink Roseate Spoonbill RacoonMink Roseate Spoonbill Racoon

Bladderwort Duckweed Fragrant WaterlilyBladderwort Duckweed Fragrant Waterlily

FUN FACTSFUN FACTS

Lots of people think the everglades is a swamp Lots of people think the everglades is a swamp but its actually a riverbut its actually a river

There is 1,399,078.26 acres in the evergladesThere is 1,399,078.26 acres in the everglades There is over 50 different species of reptiles in There is over 50 different species of reptiles in

the evergladesthe everglades The anhinga spreads its wings to dry in the sunThe anhinga spreads its wings to dry in the sun Alligators Alligators WILLWILL hurt you hurt you

RecoursesRecourses

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