Rain-ForestRichesbyRaymondHuberRain-ForestRichesPAIREDREADDiscoveringtheRainForestExpositoryTextSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAPhotographyCredit:CoverBuddyMays/Photodisc/GettyImages.**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:MainIdeaandKeyDetailsVocabularyStrategyGreekRootsVocabularyclassification,compartment,engulfs,flank,maneuvering,obscure,species,submergedContentStandardsScienceLifeScienceWordCount:1,830**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118575-7MHID:0-02-118575-1PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110byRaymondHuberPAIREDREADIntroduction.................................2Chapter1ManyPlacestoLive..........................4Chapter2SurvivingintheRainForest.................10Chapter3PlayingaPartintheRainForest...........14Conclusion..................................17RespondtoReading........................18DiscoveringtheRainForest.......19Glossary....................................22Index.......................................23FocusonScience...................24EssentialQuestionHowdolifeformsvaryindifferentenvironments?Rain-ForestRichesbyRaymondHuberAnexplorercutshiswaythroughthejungle.Thickplantsandtangledvinesobscurehispath.Snakesdropfromthetrees,andcreaturesonthegroundrunaway.You’veprobablywatchedsceneslikethisinmovies.Inreallife,scientistsfacethesameproblemsastheytrytolearnmoreaboutrainforests.Rainforestscoveraround6to7percentofEarth’ssurface,yetaroundhalfofallspeciesofplantsandanimalsliveinthisecosystem.Morethanhalfoftheworld’srainforestsarefoundinCentralandSouthAmeri...
