PAIREDREADXxxxXxxbyRaymondHuberbyRaymondHuberPAIREDREADDiscoveringtheRainForestExpositoryTextSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAPhotographyCredit:CoverBuddyMays/Photodisc/GettyImages.**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:MainIdeaandKeyDetailsVocabularyStrategyGreekRootsVocabularyclassification,compartment,engulfs,flank,maneuvering,obscure,species,submergedContentStandardsScienceLifeScienceWordCount2,282**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118641-9MHID:0-02-118641-3PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADEssentialQuestionHowdolifeformsvaryindifferentenvironments?Introduction.................................2Chapter1ManyPlacestoLive...........................4Chapter2SurvivingintheRainForest...................10Chapter3PlayingaPartintheRainForest...............14Conclusion..................................17RespondtoReading.........................18DiscoveringtheRainForest.........19Glossary...................................22Index......................................23FocusonScience...................24byRaymondHuberRain-ForestRichesAnexplorerslashesthroughthejungle.Thickplantsandtangledvinesobscurehispath.Snakesdropfromthetrees,andcreaturesonthejunglefloorscurryawayfromhim.You’veprobablywatchedsceneslikethisinmovies,butinreallife,scientistsandexplorersfacethesamechallengesastheytrytolearnmoreabouttheworld’srainforests.Rainforestscoveraround6to7percentofEarth’ssurface,yetaroundhalfofallspeciesofplantsandanimalsliveinthisecosystem.Rainforestsoverflowwithdifferentlivi...
