byJamesMcNaughtonbyJamesMcNaughtonamtoPaernsWeatherExpositoryTextPAIREDREADCloudAtlasSTRATEGIES&SKILLSComprehensionStrategy:AskandAnswerQuestionsSkill:MainIdeaandKeyDetailsVocabularyStrategyGreekRootsVocabularycontact,erode,formations,moisture,particles,repetition,structures,visibleELLVocabularycombine,drought,significantContentStandardsScienceEarthandSpaceSciencePhotographyCredit:TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc./BarryBarker,photographer**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119106-2MHID:0-02-119106-9PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110WordCount:1,568**PAIREDREADIntroduction.................................2Chapter1TypicalWeatherPatterns.....................4Chapter2SeasonalWeather............................8Chapter3WeirdWeather..............................12Conclusion..................................16RespondtoReading........................18CloudAtlas.......................19Glossary....................................22Index.......................................23FocusonScience...................24byJamesMcNaughtonEssentialQuestionWherecanyoufindpatternsinnature?tontoPatternsWeatherMostpeoplechecktheweatherforecastforanoutdoorevent.Thesedaystheweatherforecastisusuallycorrect.Itusedtobedifficulttopredicttheweather.Nowpredictingweatherisbetterbecausescientistsunderstandmuchmoreabouthowweatherworks.Heatfromthesuncausesweather.Theheatmakesthewarmairinhotplacesriseandmovetocoolerplaces.Thencoolairmovesintothespacewherethewarmairwas.Themovementofhotandcoldaircr...
