Everglades
The Everglades cover much of southern Florida. This topic is part of Wetlands within Geography. This page currently draws on 7 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
Everglades trivia questions
The Everglades are located in which U.S. state?
Answer: Florida
Bonus fact: The Everglades cover much of southern Florida.
The Everglades are best described as what type of ecosystem?
Answer: Wetland
Bonus fact: It is a vast subtropical wetland.
What nickname describes the slow-moving sheet of water across the Everglades?
Answer: River of Grass
Bonus fact: Marjory Stoneman Douglas popularized the phrase.
Everglades National Park is in which U.S. state?
Answer: Florida
Bonus fact: NPS describes Everglades National Park as protecting 1.5 million acres of wetlands, forest, and marine habitat in Florida.
Everglades National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage property, is in which U.S. state?
Answer: Florida
Bonus fact: UNESCO describes the Everglades as a vast, shallow, slow-moving ecosystem at the southern tip of Florida.
What vast wetland ecosystem covers much of southern Florida?
Answer: Everglades
Bonus fact: The Everglades is a slow-moving subtropical wetland.
Why are Burmese pythons a major ecological concern in Florida?
Answer: They are an invasive predator in the Everglades
Bonus fact: Released or escaped snakes established a breeding population and have reduced some native mammal populations.