PAIREDREADSavetheGreatPlainsWolvesBYKENBENNTheGreatPlainsExpositoryTextSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAPhotographyCredit:TetraImages/TetraImages/CORBIS**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.WordCount:2,780**ComprehensionStrategy:AskandAnswerQuestionsSkill:Author’sPointofViewVocabularyStrategyRootWordsVocabularyagricultural,declined,disorder,identify,probable,thrived,unexpected,widespreadContentStandardsScienceLifeScienceCopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119098-0MHID:0-02-119098-4PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110BYKENBENNTheGreatPlainsPAIREDREADEssentialQuestionHowdonaturaleventsandhumanactivitiesaffecttheenvironment?Introduction..................................2Chapter1ShapingtheGreatPlains........................4Chapter2TheHumansArrive............................8Chapter3RebuildingtheGreatPlains’Ecosystems..........13Conclusion...................................16RespondtoReading...........................18SavetheGreatPlainsWolves.........19Glossary.....................................22Index........................................23FocusonScience......................24TetraImages/TetraImages/CORBISKANSASMINNESOTAMONTANANEBRASKANORTHDAKOTAOKLAHOMASOUTHDAKOTATEXASWYOMINGROCKYMOUNTAINSARKANSASRIVERMISSOURIRIVERMISSISSIPPIRIVERNEWMEXICOMEXICOCOLORADONSEWKANSASMINNESOTAMONTANANEBRASKANORTHDAKOTAOKLAHOMASOUTHDAKOTATEXASWYOMINGROCKYMOUNTAINSARKANSASRIVERMISSOURIRIVERMISSISSIPPIRIVERNEWMEXICOCANADAMEXICOCOLORADOTHEGREATPLAINSTheGreatPlainsIntroductionTheGreatPlainsofNorthAmerica,alsoknownasthePrairies,sp...