PAIREDREADCuriousAboutEarthBYSUEGIBBISONEXPLORINGTHEDEEPNarrativeNonfictionSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAPhotographyCredit:CoverRalphWhite/CORBIS.**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:MainIdeasandKeyDetailsVocabularyStrategyMetaphorandSimileVocabularycascaded,documentation,dynamic,exerts,plummeting,pulverize,scalding,shardsContentStandardsScienceEarthandSpaceScienceWordCount:1,655**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118576-4MHID:0-02-118576-XPrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADIntroduction.................................2Chapter1DiscoveriesoftheDeep......................4Chapter2ARemarkableDiscovery......................8Chapter3TheMissionsContinue.......................12Conclusion..................................17RespondtoReading........................18CuriousAboutEarth..............19Glossary....................................22Index.......................................23FocusonScience..................24EssentialQuestionHowdonaturalforcesaffectEarth?BYSUEGIBBISONEXPLORINGTHEDEEPAlvinexploresthebottomoftheocean.Imagineyouareanunderwaterexplorertravelingtothedeepestpartsoftheocean.Youmoveslowlythroughtheinkyblacknessinatinysubmarine.Youdonotknowwhatdiscoveriesyouwillmakeorwhatdangerstherewillbe.Thisistheexperienceofscientistswhostudytheoceanfloor.Inthepast50years,manyunusualcreatureshavebeenfoundlivinginthedeepoceanwherethereislittlelightandthewaterisfreezingcold.Scientistshavealsostudiedthemovementsoftheoceanfloor.Thishashelpedthemtounderstandtheforce...
