ExpositoryTextPAIREDREADYellowstoneinNationalParkRockyMountainNationalParkbyBetsyHebertSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAPhotographyCredit:CoverCharlesOtt/PhotoResearchers/GettyImages**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:CompareandContrastPhonicsSilentLetters:wr,kn,gn,mb,scVocabularyStrategyCompoundWordsVocabularyeerie,growth,layers,lively,location,region,seasons,temperateELLVocabularypeak,zoneContentStandardsScienceEarthandSpaceScienceWordcount:535**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118948-9MHID:0-02-118948-XPrintedintheUnitedStates.12345678DOC171615141312PAIREDREADGenreExpositoryTextChapter1ThePark.........................2Chapter2TheMontaneZone................5Chapter3TheSubalpineZone...............8Chapter4TheAlpineTundra.................11RespondtoReading...............15Yellowstone................16Glossary/Index....................19FocusonScience...........20byBetsyHebertEssentialQuestionWhatmakesdifferentpartsoftheworlddifferent?inNationalParkRockyMountainNationalParkTheRockyMountainsarebigandbeautiful.HaveyoueverseentheRockyMountains?MostpeoplecallthemtheRockies.TheRockiesaremorethan3,000mileslong.ThemountainsgofromAlaskatoNewMexico.Thatisaverylongway!TheParkChapter1mountains2BrandXPictures/PunchstockTheRockiesgothroughthewesternregionoftheUnitedStates.YoucanseesomeoftheRockiesinaspecialplace.TheplaceisRockyMountainNationalPark.ThereareafewnationalparksintheRockies.PacificOceanMexicoJasperBanffRockyMountainYellowstoneGlacierKEYRockyMountainsNationalParkUnitedStatesCanadaWater3I...
