Rain-ForestRichesbyRaymondHuberRain-ForestRichesPAIREDREADDiscoveringtheRainForestExpositoryTextSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAPhotographyCredit:CoverBuddyMays/Photodisc/GettyImages.**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:MainIdeaandKeyDetailsVocabularyStrategyGreekRootsVocabularyclassification,compartment,engulfs,flanked,maneuvering,obscure,species,submergedContentStandardsScienceLifeScienceWordCount:2,521**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119217-5MHID:0-02-119217-0PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADEssentialQuestionHowdolifeformsvaryindifferentenvironments?Introduction.................................2Chapter1ManyPlacestoLive...........................4Chapter2SurvivingintheRainForest...................10Chapter3PlayingaPartintheRainForest..............14Conclusion..................................17RespondtoReading.........................18DiscoveringtheRainForest.........19Glossary....................................22Index.......................................23FocusonScience....................24Rain-ForestRichesbyRaymondHuberAjungleexplorerslashesthroughthethickplantsandtangledvinesthatobscurehispath.Snakesdropfromtrees;strangecreaturesonthejunglefloorscurryintohiding.You’veprobablywatchedscenesliketheseinmovies,butinreallife,scientistsconfrontthesamechallengesastheyexplorerainforests.Rainforestsoverflowwitharichvarietyoflivingthings,includingsquawkingbirds,acrobaticmonkeys,andbrightlycoloredplantsandflowers.Asingletreemightbehometomorethan40differents...
