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Florida Treasures Grade 4 Student Book Sample Answers for Constructed-Response Questions Grade 4, Unit 1 Week 3: Time for Kids Test Prep “Saving a National Park” Question 4 READ THINK EXPLAIN 2-point Answer Engineers have designed wells and pumps to keep the water from draining away. Meanwhile, canals built for human development will be removed to allow the water to flow the way it had before. This plan to save the Everglades may take up to 50 years to complete. 1-point Answer It may take 50 years to get the Everglades flowing the way it did before. Question 5 READ THINK EXPLAIN _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ 4-point Answer Human development in the Everglades has threatened to disrupt both the water supply and the ecosystem of the plants and animals that live there. To build homes and plant crops on dry land, people have drained water out of the Everglades. It is estimated that the wetlands are now half their original size. Engineers have a plan to restore the water with a system of pumps and wells. They will also remove many of the canals built by developers to drain the wetlands. Although their plan may take as many as 50 years to complete, saving this unique ecosystem is important. 3-point Answer To build houses for themselves, people have drained so much water out of the Everglades that it is now