InformationalArticlePAIREDREADTakingActionbyCarlySchunaAWORLDOFWATERSTRATEGIES&SKILLSComprehensionStrategy:AskandAnswerQuestionsSkill:MainIdeaandKeyDetailsVocabularyStrategySynonymsandAntonymsVocabularyadvocates,commonplace,designate,initial,insulation,invasive,irrational,optimalContentStandardsScienceEarthSciencePhotographyCredit:ComstockImages/PictureQuest**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.WordCount:2,077**ACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118653-2MHID:0-02-118653-7PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADIntroduction..................................2Chapter1DirtyWater...................................4Chapter2InShortSupply...............................8Chapter3Water,Water,Everywhere.....................12Conclusion..................................16RespondtoReading.........................18TakingAction......................19Glossary....................................22Index.......................................23FocusonScience...................24EssentialQuestionWhatstepscanpeopletaketopromoteahealthierenvironment?byCarlySchunaAWORLDOFWATEREarthisbothexquisitelybeautifulandincrediblyfragile.Allofourplanet’svitalresourcesneedprotection.Theairwebreathe,thefuelweuse,thetreesthatsurroundus,andthewaterwedrinkareallatrisk.Overhundredsofyears,theincreasingnumberofpeopleontheplanethastakenatollonEarth’senvironment.Weuseproducts,runfactories,anddrivecarsthatcreateairpollution,whichcancausesicknessandharmecosystems.Butthemostpressingissuefacingustodayistheshortageofcleanwater.Inm...
