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Everglades Quiz: 12 Questions on Florida's River of Grass
The Everglades is a vast, slow-moving wetland at the southern tip of Florida, home to alligators, crocodiles, manatees and flocks of wading birds. This Everglades quiz has 12 questions with answers.
The snowy egret, one of the Everglades' most elegant birds, was the subject of a Bing Homepage Quiz, so it has its own questions here.
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Everglades Quiz Questions and Answers
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1 Which feature of snowy egrets helps them startle prey?
- A Yellow feet
- B Red eyes
- C A long crest
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✓ Answer: A. Yellow feet
Did you know? They shuffle their bright feet in the water to flush out fish and shrimp.
2 In which habitat are snowy egrets a common year-round sight?
- A Florida wetlands
- B Arctic tundra
- C Alpine meadows
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✓ Answer: A. Florida wetlands
Did you know? Southern Florida's marshes and mangroves suit them all year.
3 What nearly caused snowy egrets to vanish in the late 1800s?
- A The feather trade
- B A drought
- C Bird flu
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✓ Answer: A. The feather trade
Did you know? Their plumes were used to decorate fashionable hats.
4 What nickname did Marjory Stoneman Douglas give the Everglades?
- A River of Grass
- B Sea of Reeds
- C Swamp of Kings
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✓ Answer: A. River of Grass
Did you know? Her book 'The Everglades: River of Grass' came out in 1947.
5 In which year was Everglades National Park dedicated?
- A 1916
- B 1947
- C 1980
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✓ Answer: B. 1947
Did you know? President Harry Truman dedicated it in December 1947.
6 What makes the Everglades unique for reptiles?
- A It has no snakes
- B Alligators and crocodiles live together
- C It has the largest tortoises
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✓ Answer: B. Alligators and crocodiles live together
Did you know? It is the only place where both species naturally coexist.
7 Which lake feeds water south into the Everglades?
- A Lake Michigan
- B Lake Tahoe
- C Lake Okeechobee
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✓ Answer: C. Lake Okeechobee
Did you know? Okeechobee is the largest freshwater lake in Florida.
8 Which tall, sharp-edged plant dominates Everglades marshes?
- A Sawgrass
- B Bamboo
- C Papyrus
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✓ Answer: A. Sawgrass
Did you know? Sawgrass is actually a sedge with tiny teeth along its blades.
9 Which gentle marine mammal, also called a sea cow, lives in Everglades waters?
- A Manatee
- B Walrus
- C Dugong
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✓ Answer: A. Manatee
Did you know? Manatees seek warm water in winter.
10 Which rare big cat survives in South Florida?
- A Snow leopard
- B Jaguar
- C Florida panther
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✓ Answer: C. Florida panther
Did you know? It is a population of puma found mainly in South Florida.
11 Which 1918 U.S. law helped protect egrets and other birds?
- A Clean Water Act
- B Migratory Bird Treaty Act
- C Endangered Species Act
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✓ Answer: B. Migratory Bird Treaty Act
Did you know? The Endangered Species Act came later, in 1973.
12 Which salt-tolerant trees line the Everglades coast?
- A Birches
- B Redwoods
- C Mangroves
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✓ Answer: C. Mangroves
Did you know? Mangroves protect the coast from storms and shelter young fish.
About the Everglades
The Everglades is a shallow sheet of water that flows slowly south from Lake Okeechobee through sawgrass marshes to Florida Bay. Writer and activist Marjory Stoneman Douglas called it the “River of Grass” in her 1947 book, the same year Everglades National Park was dedicated. The park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, an International Biosphere Reserve and a Wetland of International Importance.
It is famous as the only place where American alligators and American crocodiles live side by side. Drainage, farming and development shrank the original wetland dramatically, and large restoration projects aim to bring back more natural water flow.
Snowy egrets and the plume trade
Snowy egrets are white herons with black bills, black legs and bright yellow feet, which they stir in the water to flush out prey. In the late 1800s their breeding plumes were worth more than gold by weight in the fashion trade, and hunters nearly wiped them out. Public outrage helped create early Audubon societies and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918. See the June 4, 2026 Bing Homepage Quiz answers.
Everglades Quiz FAQ
Why are the Everglades called the River of Grass?
Because the wetland is a very wide, shallow, slow-moving flow of water through sawgrass, a name popularized by Marjory Stoneman Douglas in 1947.
Do alligators and crocodiles live together in the Everglades?
Yes. South Florida is the only place in the world where American alligators and American crocodiles naturally coexist.
What nearly made snowy egrets extinct?
The plume trade of the late 1800s, when their feathers were used to decorate hats.