byBetsyHebertinNationalParkRockyMountainNationalParkPAIREDREADYellowstoneExpositoryTextSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAPhotographyCredit:CoverCharlesOtt/PhotoResearchers/GettyImages**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:CompareandContrastPhonicsSilentLetters:wr,kn,gn,mb,scVocabularyStrategyCompoundWordsVocabularyeerie,growth,layers,lively,location,region,seasons,temperateContentStandardsScienceEarthandSpaceScienceWordcount:717**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119036-2MHID:0-02-119036-4PrintedintheUnitedStates.12345678DOC171615141312PAIREDREADGenreExpositoryTextChapter1ThePark.........................2Chapter2TheMontaneZone................5Chapter3TheSubalpineZone...............8Chapter4TheAlpineTundra.................11RespondtoReading...............15Yellowstone................16Glossary/Index....................19FocusonScience...........20byBetsyHebertEssentialQuestionWhatmakesdifferentpartsoftheworlddifferent?inNationalParkRockyMountainNationalParkTheRockiesarebigandbeautiful.HaveyoueverseentheRockyMountains?MostpeoplecallthemtheRockies.Theyarepartofahugemountainrange.TheystretchfromAlaskaallthewaydowntoNewMexico.That’sareallylongway!TheRockiesaremorethan3,000mileslong.Theyare300mileswideinsomeplaces.TheParkChapter12BrandXPictures/PunchstockIntheUnitedStates,theRockiescoverpartsofseveralstatesinthewesternregion.PartoftheRockyMountainsrunsthroughaspecialplace.ItisRockyMountainNationalPark.TheparkisinColorado.Canyoufinditonthemap?SeveralnationalparksarefoundintheRockies.PacificOcea...
