NarrativeNonfictionEXPLORINGTHEDEEPBYSUEGIBBISONPAIREDREADCuriousAboutEarthASTRATEGIES&SKILLSComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:MainIdeaandKeyDetailsVocabularyStrategyMetaphorandSimileVocabularycascade,documentation,dynamic,exerts,plummeted,pulverize,scalding,shardsELLVocabularydepth,extinct,missionContentStandardsScienceEarthandSpaceSciencePhotographyCredit:CoverRalphWhite/CORBIS.**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.WordCount:1,733**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118596-2MHID:0-02-118596-4PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADEssentialQuestionHowdonaturalforcesaffectEarth?Introduction................................2Chapter1DiscoveriesoftheDeep......................4Chapter2ARemarkableDiscovery......................8Chapter3TheMissionsContinue........................12Conclusion..................................17RespondtoReading.........................18CuriousAboutEarth...............19Glossary...................................22Index......................................23FocusonScience...................24BYSUEGIBBISONEXPLORINGTHEDEEPAlvinexploresthebottomoftheocean.Imagineyouareascientistexploringtheocean.Youmoveslowlyinavehiclethroughthewater.Whatwillyoufind?Whatdangerswilltherebe?Inthepast50years,manylivingthingshavebeenfoundinthedeepocean.Thissurprisedscientistsbecausethereisnolightthere.Thewaterisfreezingcold.Scientistshavealsostudiedhowtheoceanfloorhasmoved.ThishelpsthemtounderstandtheforcesinsideEarth.Scientistsuseasmallsubmarinecalledahuman-occupiedvehicle(HOV)toexpl...
