Grand Canyon: A Trail Through Time

The story begins with what kind of weather?

• a tornado

• a snowstorm

• a thunderstorm

• a clear sky

What formed the Grand Canyon?

• glaciers

• the Colorado River

• a drought

• an earthquake

Havasupai Indians still live in the Grand Canyon today.

• True

• False

What is not an animal mentioned in the story that lives in the Grand Canyon?

• alligators

• coyotes

• bighorn sheep

• lizards

Along the trail of the Grand Canyon, a hiker may find ancient paintings on rocks, fossils of fish teeth and seashells, and empty granaries.

• True

• False

If something ______, it sparkles or shines.

• erodes

• glistens

• is embedded

• shatters

Guards who stand in a place to keep watch are called _______.

• chasms

• canyons

• crevices

• sentries

If a rock is ___________ it is slowly wearing away, often from wind or water.

• eroding

• shattering

• glistening

• solid

If a thing is ________, it is firmly set into something else that surrounds it.

• eroding

• embedded

• sentries

• glistens

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Who built the granaries—storage places for grain—into the Canyon walls?

• Canyon guides

• Canyon visitors

• Anasazi Indians

• Havasupai Indians