NarrativeNonfictionEXPLORINGTHEDEEPBYSUEGIBBISONPAIREDREADCuriousAboutEarthASTRATEGIES&SKILLSComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:MainIdeaandKeyDetailsVocabularyStrategyMetaphorandSimileVocabularycascaded,documentation,dynamic,exerts,plummeting,pulverize,scalding,shardsContentStandardsScienceEarthandSpaceSciencePhotographyCredit:CoverRalphWhite/CORBIS.**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.WordCount:2,101**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118642-6MHID:0-02-118642-1PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADEssentialQuestionHowdonaturalforcesaffectEarth?Introduction................................2Chapter1DiscoveriesoftheDeep......................4Chapter2ARemarkableDiscovery......................8Chapter3TheMissionsContinue........................12Conclusion..................................17RespondtoReading.........................18CuriousAboutEarth...............19Glossary...................................22Index......................................23FocusonScience...................24BYSUEGIBBISONEXPLORINGTHEDEEPAlvinexploresthebottomoftheocean.Imaginebeinginanunderwatervehicle,movingslowlythroughinky-blackwater.Youdon’tknowwhatexcitingthingsyou’llfind,orwhatdangersawaityou.Thisistheexperienceofscientistswhoexplorethedeepocean.Inthepast50years,deep-oceanexplorershavefoundasurprisingvarietyofmarinelifeintheseextremeconditions.Inthedeepocean,thereisnolight,thewaterisusuallyfreezingcold,andthepressureisimmense.Scientistshavealsostudiedthemovementsoftheoceanfloortobetterunderstandthedyn...
