Nature's Wonders

Think about the poem "The Great Barrier Reef." Why are astronauts able to see the reef from space.

• The reef is made of beautiful coral.

• The reef is sixteen hundred miles long.

• The reef is a habitat to different sea creatures.

• The reef is located along the Queensland coast.

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What is the main idea of the first stanza of "The Mariana Trench"?

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• The trench is mysterious, but people will still be
• The trench is like a sleeping giant, and it will be angry that its rest is being disturbed.

• The trench realizes that it is more grand and beautiful than anything else in the ocean.

• The trench admires the explorers and the machines they use to travel through the deep.

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Line 7 of "Aurora Borealis" contains the word peer. What does peer mean?

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The poem "Aurora Borealis" depends most on which sense to present its message?

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How does the poet arrange the lines in the poem "Mount Everest"?

• by making sure that every pair of lines ends with rhyming words

• by asking and then answering a list of questions about the mountain

• by dividing the poem into the times before and after the climbers reach the top

• by making each line longer than the one above it so the poem looks like a mountain

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