PAIREDREADSpeakingHerMindExpositoryTextTHESTORYOFTHEEXXONVALDEZBYSANDYMCKAYSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAPhotographyCredit:AnchorageDailyNews/McClatchy-Tribune/GettyImages**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:Author’sPointofViewVocabularyStrategyParagraphCluesVocabularyalignment,calamity,eclipse,generated,inconvenience,periodic,prolonged,tenacityContentStandardsScienceEarthandSpaceScienceWordCount:2,440**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118654-9MHID:0-02-118654-5PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADIntroduction.................................2Chapter1TheSpill.....................................4Chapter2TheCleanup..................................8Chapter3TheEffects...................................11Conclusion..................................16RespondtoReading.........................18SpeakingHerMind.................19Glossary....................................22Index.......................................23FocusonScience...................24EssentialQuestionHowdopeoplemeetenvironmentalchallenges?AGROUND!THESTORYOFTHEEXXONVALDEZBYSANDYMCKAYINTRODUCTIONThefirstoilwellintheUnitedStateswasdrilledbyEdwinDrakeinAugust1859,nearTitusville,Pennsylvania.ImaginelifewithoutDVDs,telephones,orevenyoursneakers.Believeitornot,alltheseandmanymorethingsweuseeverydayaremadefromoil.Oilhasbecomeoneofthemostsought-aftersubstancesonourplanet.ItisfoundinrocksinEarth’scrust,andinitsnaturalstate,itisknownascrudeoilorpetroleum.Oilhasbeenusedforthousandsofyears.Inancienttimes,peo...
