InformationalArticlePAIREDREADTakingActionbyCarlySchunaAWORLDOFWATERSTRATEGIES&SKILLSComprehensionStrategy:AskandAnswerQuestionsSkill:MainIdeaandKeyDetailsVocabularyStrategySynonymsandAntonymsVocabularyadvocates,commonplace,designate,initial,insulation,invasive,irrational,optimalELLVocabularyaccumulate,affordable,patternsContentStandardsScienceEarthSciencePhotographyCredit:ComstockImages/PictureQuest**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.WordCount:1,795**ACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118680-8MHID:0-02-118680-4PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADIntroduction..................................2Chapter1DirtyWater...................................4Chapter2InShortSupply...............................8Chapter3Water,Water,Everywhere.....................12Conclusion..................................16RespondtoReading.........................18TakingAction......................19Glossary....................................22Index.......................................23FocusonScience...................24EssentialQuestionWhatstepscanpeopletaketopromoteahealthierenvironment?byCarlySchunaAWORLDOFWATEREarthisverybeautiful,butEarth’sresourcesareatrisk.Theairwebreatheandthewaterwedrinkneedtobeprotected.ThenumberofpeopleonEarthhasgrownalot.Thishascausedproblemsfortheenvironment.Weuseproductsanddrivecarsthatcreateairpollution.Factoriescausepollution,too.Pollutioncancausesickness.Itcanharmecosystems.Thebiggestissuefacingustodayistheshortageofcleanwater.Inmanyplaces,wateriscleanandsafe.Forpeoplei...
