Name: ______

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Directions: Answer each question with a complete sentence.

1. Where is the Painted Desert located?

______

2. Why is it called “painted”?

______

3. How much land does it cover?

______

4. How long is the Painted Desert?

______

5. Name two things the Painted Desert has?

______

6. What happened to some of the trees here?

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Name: ______

ANSWER KEY

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Directions: Answer each question with a complete sentence.

1. Where is the Painted Desert located?

_The Painted Desert is located in Arizona.______

2. Why is it called “painted”?

_It is called painted because of its many colors.______

3. How much land does it cover?

__The Painted Desert covers over 93,500 acres.______

4. How long is the Painted Desert?

__The Desert is over 160 miles long.______

5. Name two things the Painted Desert has?

_Two things in the Painted Desert are cliffs and hills.______

6. What happened to some of the trees here?

_Some of the trees turned to stone.______

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