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1.InwhichcontinentisVictoriaFallslocated?

a.Asia b.Europe c.Africa a.Zambia b.Zambezi c.Zimbawe a.VictoriaLivingstone b.Dr.DavidLivingstone c.QueenVictoria a.amovementoftheEarth b.ameteorite c.avolcano a.inwinter b.inJuneandJuly c.insummer

2.Whatsthenameoftheriver?

3.WhodiscoveredtheFalls?

4.WhatcausedtheriftthatformstheFalls?

5.WhenisthebesttimetoseetheFalls?

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VictoriaFallsisoneoftheSevenNaturalWondersoftheWorld.Itisthelargestwaterfallintheworld.It is1.7kmwideand108mhigh.VictoriaFallsislocatedontheborderbetweenZambiaand Zimbabwe.TheZambeziRiver,whichoriginatesinnorthernZambia,servesasthefall'swater source.VictoriaFallswasdiscoveredbytheScottishexplorerDr.DavidLivingstonein1855.Henamed thefallsafterqueenVictoria.ThelocalscalledthefallsMosioaTunyameaningsmokethatthunders. Longbeforeyouevenseethewaterfallsyoucanheartheroaringofthewater!Thefallswereformedbya deepriftintherockthatliesdirectlyacrossthepathoftheZimbeziRiver.Theriftwascausedby movementoftheearthabout150millionyearsago. ThemonthsofJuneandJulyareprobablythebesttimetoviewthefalls.Thewaterlevelsarestillhigh enoughtoshowcasethesplendorofthefalls,buttheamountofwaterislesscreatinglesssprayand morevisibilityofthefalls.
Adaptedfromsevennaturalwonders.org/

THEGRANDCANYON ACTIVITY1 Choosethebestanswerforthequestions. 1.WherestheGrandCanyon? a)Colorado,USA b)Arizona,USA c)Missouri,USA a)Yes,itis. b)No,itisnt. a)bydirtpaths b)byhelicopter c)bytheColoradoriver a)bymountainbike,helicopter,water b)onfoot,onmule,bywater c)bywater,onhorse,bybike a)summer b)spring c)winter

2.Isitthelongestcanyonintheworld? 3.Whatsthebestwaytoappreciatethecanyon?

4.Whicharethebestwaystoexperiencethe canyon? 5.Whatsthebesttimetoexplorethecanyon?

ACTIVITY2 CompletethebeginningoftheanswerwiththeoptionyouchoseinActivity1. 1.TheGrandCanyonisin... 2.TheGrandCanyonthelongestcanyonintheworld. 3.Thebestwaytoappreciatethecanyonis... 4.Thebestwaystoexperiencethecanyonare... 5.Thebesttimetoexplorethecanyonisin... Studentsweresuggestedtotaketheinformationfromsevennaturalwonders.org/buttheymayuseanyother sourcetheyfind.

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