In central Australia, you’ll find a very, very large rock known as Uluru, or as the Aussies call it- Ayers Rock. The rock is made of sandstone. It changes (1) ______ during the day, depending on how the sun (2) ______ on it. Sometimes it looks brown. At dawn and at dusk, it looks red.

Uluru stands 1,141 feet tall. That’s almost as tall as the Empire State Building. It stretches over 2 miles long and 1 mile wide. Amazingly, most of the rock sits underground, although no one is sure exactly how (3) ______ it goes.

Uluru is the Aboriginal name (4) ______ this rock. It is also called Ayers Rock, after Sir Henry Ayers. Explorer William Gosse gave it this name (5) ______ he discovered it in 1873.