Name: ___________________________
Circle the best word to complete the text.
The National Park Service
The original (conserving, responsibility) of the National Park Service, founded
in 1916, was to protect our nation’s (unique, regulate) natural wonders. Today,
the Park Service’s job is to (unique, regulate) nearly four hundred areas, including
parks, monuments, historic sites, wild rivers, and seashores.
Rangers are (guardians, adapted) of our country’s natural and historical
treasures. Most rangers who work in national parks spend their days protecting
the wildlife and (vegetation, endangered). They are devoted to (responsibility,
conserving) the park’s scenic beauty and trying to (restore, adapted) damaged
areas. They give tours and lectures about plant and animal species, including
(vegetation, endangered) ones. They explain the (restore, adapted) traits that
help living things thrive in park habitats.
Might you be (restored, attracted) to a career as a park ranger?
Write a paragraph as if you were a park ranger giving a tour or lecture, use at
least 4 of the vocabulary words.
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