2. EVERGLADES BY: JACOB S. JACOB N. EDWARD H. MARCO S.

3. Everglades Environment

4. 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 Everglades The floods help the Everglades

5. How Humans Affect The Everglades These Are some ways we are destroying the everglades because of us the everglades is 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

6. Main Organisms These are some Important plants: Duckweed, Blue-green algae, and saw grass. These are some Important plants: Duckweed, Blue-green algae, and saw grass. Bacteria and earthworms are Decomposers. Bacteria and earthworms are Decomposers.

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

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

9. Three Producers & Consumers Three of the consumers and producers are: Three of the consumers and producers are:Producers: Duckweed Duckweed Bald Cypress Bald Cypress Gumbo-Limbo Gumbo-LimboConsumers: Florida Panther Florida Panther Snail Kite Snail Kite Florida Water Rat Florida Water Rat

10. Food Web Panther American Alligator Cottonmouth Snake Mink Roseate Spoonbill Racoon Bladderwort Duckweed Fragrant Waterlily

11. FUN FACTS Lots of people think the everglades is a swamp but its actually a river Lots of people think the everglades is a swamp but its actually a river There is 1,399,078.26 acres in the everglades There is 1,399,078.26 acres in the everglades There is over 50 different species of reptiles in the everglades There is over 50 different species of reptiles in the everglades The anhinga spreads its wings to dry in the sun The anhinga spreads its wings to dry in the sun Alligators WILL hurt you Alligators WILL hurt you

12. Recourses www.fossweb.com www.fossweb.com www.google.com www.google.com www.google.com www.coft.com/everglades www.coft.com/everglades