PAIREDREADSpeakingHerMindExpositoryTextBYSANDYMCKAYTHESTORYOFTHEEXXONVALDEZSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAPhotographyCredit:AnchorageDailyNews/McClatchy-Tribune/GettyImages**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:Author’sPointofViewVocabularyStrategyParagraphCluesVocabularyalignment,calamity,eclipse,generated,inconvenience,periodic,prolonged,tenacityContentStandardsScienceEarthandSpaceScienceWordCount:2,622**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119264-9MHID:0-02-119264-2PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110AGROUND!THESTORYOFTHEEXXONVALDEZBYSANDYMCKAYPAIREDREADIntroduction.................................2Chapter1TheSpill.....................................4Chapter2TheCleanup..................................8Chapter3TheEffects...................................11Conclusion..................................16RespondtoReading.........................18SpeakingHerMind.................19Glossary....................................22Index.......................................23FocusonScience....................24EssentialQuestionHowdopeoplemeetenvironmentalchallenges?INTRODUCTIONInAugust1859,arailroadconductornamedEdwinDrakedrilledthefirstoilwellintheUnitedStatesnearTitusville,Pennsylvania.ImaginelifewithoutDVDs,telephones,orevenyoursneakers.Believeitornot,theseandmanymoreobjectsweuseallthetimearemadefromoil.Oilhasbecomeoneofthemostsought-aftersubstancesonourplanet.ItliesinrocksinEarth’scrustand,initsnaturalstate,isknownascrudeoilorpetroleum.Oilhasbeenusedforthousandsofyears.Inan...
