inNationalParkPAIREDREADExpositoryTextbyBetsyHebertRockyMountainNationalParkYellowstoneSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAPhotographyCredit:CoverCharlesOtt/PhotoResearchers/GettyImages**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:CompareandContrastPhonicsSilentLetterswr,kn,gn,mb,scVocabularyStrategyCompoundWordsVocabularyeerie,growth,layers,lively,location,region,seasons,temperateContentStandardsScienceEarthandSpaceScienceWordcount:422**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118941-0MHID:0-02-118941-2PrintedintheUnitedStates.12345678DOC171615141312PAIREDREADbyBetsyHebertChapter1HowIstheParkSpecial?...........2Chapter2WhatIstheMontane?.............5Chapter3WhatIstheSubalpine?............8Chapter4WhatIstheAlpineTundra?........11RespondtoReading...............16Yellowstone................17FocusonScience...........20EssentialQuestionWhatmakesdifferentpartsoftheworlddifferent?GenreExpositoryTextRocktainNationalParkRockyMountainNationalParkBrandXPictures/PunchstockHowIstheParkSpecial?Chapter1HaveyoueverseentheRockyMountains?MostpeoplecallthemtheRockies.TheRockiesstartinAlaska.TheygotoNewMexico.That’sareallylongway!TheRockiesarebigandbeautiful.22Illustration:RobSchusterPacificOceanMexicoJasperBanffRockyMountainYellowstoneGlacierKEYRockyMountainsNationalParkUnitedStatesCanadaWaterTheRockiesgothroughthewesternregionoftheUnitedStates.OnespecialpartoftheRockiesisRockyMountainNationalPark.RockyMountainNationalParkisinColorado.33Illustration:RobSchusterTheparkhasthreelifezones.Eachzonecoversadifferentheight.Thez...
