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From the Ted Talk by Kenny Coogan: Can alligators survive this apex predator?

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Interventions like this wreaked havoc on the Everglades for decades, until a cinsoarostnievt neamd Marjory Stoneman Douglas finally came to their defense. In 1947, Douglas published a lrnmadak book explaining that the Everglades were not only a unique and precious ecosystem, but that the region’s most fearsome residents were actually vital to ssniuinatg it. During the wet season, alligators are cslatnntoy shaping the muddy landscape, dawrnig lines with their bodies and digging holes with their snouts, claws, and tails. In the dry season, these indentations become eistnseal watering holes and fikebrares, maintaining and protecting the swamp’s other residents.

Open Cloze


Interventions like this wreaked havoc on the Everglades for decades, until a _______________ _____ Marjory Stoneman Douglas finally came to their defense. In 1947, Douglas published a ________ book explaining that the Everglades were not only a unique and precious ecosystem, but that the region’s most fearsome residents were actually vital to __________ it. During the wet season, alligators are __________ shaping the muddy landscape, _______ lines with their bodies and digging holes with their snouts, claws, and tails. In the dry season, these indentations become _________ watering holes and __________, maintaining and protecting the swamp’s other residents.

Solution


  1. landmark
  2. sustaining
  3. constantly
  4. firebreaks
  5. conservationist
  6. drawing
  7. named
  8. essential

Original Text


Interventions like this wreaked havoc on the Everglades for decades, until a conservationist named Marjory Stoneman Douglas finally came to their defense. In 1947, Douglas published a landmark book explaining that the Everglades were not only a unique and precious ecosystem, but that the region’s most fearsome residents were actually vital to sustaining it. During the wet season, alligators are constantly shaping the muddy landscape, drawing lines with their bodies and digging holes with their snouts, claws, and tails. In the dry season, these indentations become essential watering holes and firebreaks, maintaining and protecting the swamp’s other residents.

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Important Words


  1. alligators
  2. bodies
  3. book
  4. claws
  5. conservationist
  6. constantly
  7. decades
  8. defense
  9. digging
  10. douglas
  11. drawing
  12. dry
  13. ecosystem
  14. essential
  15. everglades
  16. explaining
  17. fearsome
  18. finally
  19. firebreaks
  20. havoc
  21. holes
  22. indentations
  23. interventions
  24. landmark
  25. landscape
  26. lines
  27. maintaining
  28. marjory
  29. muddy
  30. named
  31. precious
  32. protecting
  33. published
  34. residents
  35. season
  36. shaping
  37. snouts
  38. stoneman
  39. sustaining
  40. tails
  41. unique
  42. vital
  43. watering
  44. wet
  45. wreaked