byRaymondHuberRain-ForestRichesExpositoryTextPAIREDREADDiscoveringtheRainForestSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAPhotographyCredit:CoverBuddyMays/Photodisc/GettyImages.**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:MainIdeaandKeyDetailsVocabularyStrategyGreekRootsVocabularyclassification,compartment,engulfed,flank,maneuvering,obscure,species,submergedELLVocabularyclimate,habitatContentStandardsScienceLifeScienceWordCount:1,973**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118595-5MHID:0-02-118595-6PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADEssentialQuestionHowdolifeformsvaryindifferentenvironments?Introduction.................................2Chapter1ManyPlacestoLive...........................4Chapter2SurvivingintheRainForest...................10Chapter3PlayingaPartintheRainForest...............14Conclusion..................................17RespondtoReading.........................18DiscoveringtheRainForest.........19Glossary....................................22Index.......................................23FocusonScience...................24byRaymondHuberRain-ForestRiches1Itisnoteasytobeanexplorerintherainforest.Thickplantsandtangledvinesobscurepaths,andsnakesdropfromthetrees.Animalsandinsectsareallaround.Abouthalfofallspeciesofplantsandanimalsintheworldliveinrainforests.Therearebirds,monkeys,colorfulplantsandflowers,andinsectsintherain-forestecosystem.Morethanhalfoftheworld’srainforestsareinCentralandSouthAmerica,andtherearealsorainforestsinAustralia,Asia,andAfrica.IntroductionThelargest...
