PAIREDREADWhyBatFliesatNightExpositoryTextbyJocelynCranefieldSTRATEGIES&SKILLSComprehensionStrategy:AskandAnswerQuestionsSkill:CauseandEffectVocabularyStrategyParagraphCluesVocabularyadaptations,agile,caches,dormant,forage,frigid,hibernate,insulatesELLVocabularyefficiently,extend,features,surviveContentStandardsScienceLifeSciencePhotographyCredit:MarkMoffett/MindenPictures/Gettyimages.**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.WordCount:1,425**ACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118774-4MHID:0-02-118774-6PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADbyJocelynCranefieldIntroduction.................................2Chapter1FromtheEntrancetotheTwilightZone......4Chapter2DarkandSurprisingPlaces..................10Conclusion..................................16RespondtoReading........................18WhyBatFliesatNight...........19Glossary....................................22Index.......................................23FocusonScience..................24EssentialQuestionHowarelivingthingsadaptedtotheirenvironment?CaveCREATURESTherearecavesallovertheworld.ManycavesextenddeepbelowthesurfaceofEarth.Atfirst,acavelookslikeadark,emptyspace.Ifyoushineaflashlightinsideacave,youprobablywillnotseeanything.Butifyougoinsidethecave,therearemanylivingthings.Cavescanbeonthecoast,inaforest,orunderthedesert.Cavesaremadeoutoflimestone,marble,orlavafromvolcanoes.Somecaveshavebeautifulmineralformations.Othercavesarefullofsmelly,poisonousgases.Everycaveisahomeforanimals.LechuguillaCaveinNewMexicohasbeautifulmineralformatio...