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6. 3 HMH Grand Canyon

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where does the Grand Canyon A Trail Through Time take place?

a)

The Colorado River

b)

The Grand Canyon National Park

c)

The Rim of the Canyon

d)

The View of The Woodland

2.

The author helps us to visualize the text. How does the following sentence help you visualize? A predawn storm rumbles over Grand Canyon National Park

a)

how the canyon looks

b)

how the canyon feels

c)

how the canyon sounds

d)

how the canyon smells

3.

The author helps us to visualize the text. How does the following sentence help you visualize? Wildflowers stand around them in patches of purple and pink.

a)

how the canyon looks

b)

how the canyon smells

c)

how the canyon feels

d)

how the canyon sounds

4.

The text says that the Colorado River made a channel. What is a channel?

a)

a new lake

b)

a roaring noise

c)

a mound of land

d)

a pathway for water

5.

Why can visitors find shells and fish teeth in some of the rock layers of the canyon?

a)

the land was once covered with water

b)

food was buried there

c)

the Native Americans lived there

d)

there were once animals

6.

Who build the granaries (storage place for food and trade)?

a)

canyon guides

b)

the mules

c)

Anasazi Indians

d)

Some Indians

7.

The mountains stand like sentries on the plateau. This is a simile, the author compares mountains to _______.

a)

top hats

b)

canyons

c)

soldiers

d)

a century

8.

Which fact proves that the Grand Canyon is MASSIVE and worth of being one of the seven natural wonders of the world?

a)

a rushing river runs along the bottom of the canyon

b)

different plants and animals live there

c)

visitors like to ride mules

d)

the Canyon is more than a mile deep and more than 250 miles long

9.

How does the author of the text present her information?

a)

She uses problems and solutions

b)

She talks about the canyon over the course of one day

c)

she only gives important facts

d)

she only gives her opinion

10.

Fossils are embedded in the rock layers. What does the word embedded mean?

a)

to be firmly set into something

b)

to be floating above the surface

c)

to be around the canyon

d)

to be noticed by pack mules