6. 3 HMH Grand Canyon

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

• The Colorado River

• The Grand Canyon National Park

• The Rim of the Canyon

• The View of The Woodland

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

• how the canyon looks

• how the canyon feels

• how the canyon sounds

• how the canyon smells

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.

• how the canyon looks

• how the canyon smells

• how the canyon feels

• how the canyon sounds

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

• a new lake

• a roaring noise

• a mound of land

• a pathway for water

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

• the land was once covered with water

• food was buried there

• the Native Americans lived there

• there were once animals

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

• canyon guides

• the mules

• Anasazi Indians

• Some Indians

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

• top hats

• canyons

• soldiers

• a century

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

• a rushing river runs along the bottom of the canyon

• different plants and animals live there

• visitors like to ride mules

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

How does the author of the text present her information?

• She uses problems and solutions

• She talks about the canyon over the course of one day

• she only gives important facts

• she only gives her opinion

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

• to be firmly set into something

• to be floating above the surface

• to be around the canyon

• to be noticed by pack mules