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WorksheetsMysteries at Cliff Palace
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins
Ruben thinks that when he sees Cliff Palace up close, he will
find his missing notebook.
learn why the Puebloans disappeared.
use his lucky pen to draw a picture of the dwellings.
climb into the sandstone alcoves in the cliff dwellings.
Rosa thinks that Ruben will
find his lucky pen.
fail to solve any mystery.
learn how to make sandstone bricks.
discover what happened to the Puebloans.
The Spanish word verde means
green.
plant.
table.
tree.
The alcoves in the cliff dwellings were caused by
people digging them out.
towers that fell down through the years.
crumbling and breaking sandstone.
water rushing through the cliff dwellings.
What is the most likely reason the Ancestral Puebloans built their homes in the side of a cliff?
to store food for times of drought.
to catch rainwater as it flowed down the cliff.
to protect themselves from being attacked by others.
to make sure they had a good place to live for generations.
Which of the following is NOT a reason why the Ancestral Puebloans may have left the Mesa Verde area?
Other people kept stealing their food.
They had to fight others for good land.
It became too dry for them to grow food.
Another group of people moved into Cliff Palace.
What happens to Ruben's lucky pen?
.
Dad borrows it.
Mom picks it up.
Rosa hides it from him.
Ranger Jenkins loses it.
Read the chart above.
Which of these completes the empty box?
Ruben finds his lost items.
Ruben tells Rosa there was drought at Mesa Verde.
Ruben researches how the Cliff Palace was built.
Ruben learns that the Puebloans moved away because of a war.
The passage and the article are both about places that are
underwater.
filled with mystery.
crumbling and broken down.
located at the top of a mountain.
Read this text from “Cave of the Crystals.”
Should the owners stop pumping out the water . . . Or should they
keep on pumping out the water, so that people can visit the cave?
Based on Ruben's behavior in “Mysteries at Cliff Palace,” he would most likely support
keeping the water out, so that he can explore the cave himself.
letting the water back in, so that the cave will never be visited again.
keeping the water out, so that someday all of the crystals will be gone.
letting the water back in, so that scientists can concentrate on the heat in the cave.
What does the word enthusiastic mean in the sentence below?
The crowd's reaction to the opera singer was enthusiastic.
aggressive
loud and angry
quiet and subtle
eager and approving
What does the word realization mean in the sentence below?
Such a dramatic realization about their past shocked the sisters.
unfortunate event
misunderstanding
act of becoming aware
preference for closeness
What does the word resemble mean in the sentence below?
Some animals have patterns that resemble things in the environment.
look like
reflect on
take apart
grow from
What does the word available mean in the sentence below?
The author will be available to speak to the class next Thursday.
ready and willing
intelligent and witty
confused and unhappy
prepared and entertaining
What does the word adapted mean in the sentence below?
Over time, the snake adapted so it could live in the desert.
blundered
changed
failed
relaxed
