Fill In Sentences:
Grand Canyon
INSTRUCTIONS:
Fill in each blank box with the word from the above list that best completes the sentence.
abandoned
extinct
destination
evolve
vertically
chasm
expedition
erosion
diverse
miserable
predator
unparalleled
accessible
ancestors
commended
1. A captive-breeding program has helped keep the condor from becoming .
2. The hiker looked down from the bridge on the mountain trail to the deep below.
3. The Grand Canyon is the result of by the Colorado River over millions of years.
4. The Grand Canyon National Park is a popular tourist in the American Southwest.
5. Charles Darwin developed the theory that plants and animals undergo changes, or , over time.
6. The of the Hualapai people moved to the Grand Canyon area hundreds of years ago.
7. John Wesley Powell led a river through the Grand Canyon in 1869.
8. John Wesley Powell was as a national hero after his exploration of the canyon
9. The canyon supports a plant life because of its many different climates.
10. The mountain lion is a feared that feeds on other animals in the canyon.
11. Around 1150 the Anasazi their canyon homes because of a drought.
12. As a natural wonder, the Grand Canyon has size and beauty.
13. The heat, rain, and lack of food made the river trip through the canyon for the explorers with John Wesley Powell.
14. The bighorn sheep have the ability to leap almost , or straight up.
15. The canyon is by boat, hiking trails, and mule rides.
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Definition Matching:
Grand Canyon
INSTRUCTIONS:
For each vocabulary word in the left column, locate its definition in the right column.
Type the number of the correct definition in the blank before the word.
predator
1. no longer existing
erosion
2. deep crack or opening in the earth
commend
3. process of being worn away gradually
destination
4. place where one is going
accessible
5. to develop by slight changes over time
vertically
6. person or group from whom one is descended; relative who lived long ago
chasm
7. a journey taken for a special purpose by a group
unparalleled
8. to praise
evolve
9. having many kinds; different
miserable
10. animal that hunts and eats other animals
diverse
11. to leave without a plan to return
expedition
12. having no equal; without a match
extinct
13. very unfortunate; in a very bad state; wretched
abandon
14. in an up-and-down direction
ancestor
15. easy to reach
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