inNationalParkPAIREDREADYellowstoneExpositoryTextbyBetsyHebertRockyMountainNationalParkSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAPhotographyCredit:CoverCharlesOtt/PhotoResearchers/GettyImages**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:CompareandContrastPhonicsSilentLetterswr,kn,gn,mb,scVocabularyStrategyCompoundWordsIVocabularyeerie,growth,layers,lively,location,region,seasons,temperateContentStandardsScienceEarthandSpaceScienceWordcount:942**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118897-0MHID:0-02-118897-1PrintedintheUnitedStates.12345678DOC171615141312PAIREDREADChapter1ThePark..............................2Chapter2TheMontaneZone....................5Chapter3TheSubalpineZone...................8Chapter4TheAlpineTundra....................11RespondtoReading.................15Yellowstone..................16Glossary/Index.......................19FocusonScience.............20byBetsyHebertEssentialQuestionWhatmakesdifferentpartsoftheworlddifferent?inNationalParkRockyMountainNationalParkTheRockiesmarchupNorthAmerica.HaveyoueverseentheRockies?That’swhatmostpeoplecalltheRockyMountains.TheRockiesarepartofahugemountainrange.TheystretchfromAlaskaallthewaydowntoNewMexico.That’sareallylongway!TheRockiesare300mileswideinsomeplaces.Theyaremorethan3,000mileslong.OnlytheAndesMountainsinSouthAmericaarelonger.TheParkChapter1BrandXPictures/Punchstock2SeveralnationalparksarefoundintheRockies.IntheUnitedStates,theRockiesextendthroughseveralstatesinthewesternregion.PartoftheRockyMountainsrunsthroughColorado.AtRockyMountainNation...
