PAIREDREADExpositoryTextGlaciersbyElizabethDoeringSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAPhotographyCredit:CoverReynoldMainse/*/DesignPics/CORBIS**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:CauseandEffectPhonicsr-controlledvowels/ûr/er,ir,ur,orVocabularyStrategySentenceCluesVocabularyactive,earth,explode,island,local,properties,solid,steepContentStandardsScienceEarthandSpaceScienceWordcount:493**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118942-7MHID:0-02-118942-0PrintedintheUnitedStates.12345678DOC171615141312byElizabethDoeringEssentialQuestionHowdoestheearthchange?GenreExpositoryTextPAIREDREADChapter1WhatAreEarthquakes?............2Chapter2WhatCausesEarthquakes?..........8Chapter3HowStrongAreEarthquakes?.......14RespondtoReading...............16Glaciers...................17FocusonScience...........20Picturethis.Youarehome.Youfeelthehousestarttoshake.Glassesrattle.Sododishes.Ahanginglampsways.Itcouldbeanearthquake.TherewasabigearthquakeinSanFrancisco,California,in1989.WhatAreErthqukes?Chapter1RogerRessmeyer/Corbis2Bigearthquakesarebignews.Therewereearthquakeslongagotoo.Butwedonotknowalotaboutthem.Chinawashithardbyanearthquakein2010.RenXiaogang/XinhuaPress/Corbis3TherewasanearthquakeinVirginiainAugust2011.Millionsofpeoplefeltit.BuildingsshookfromWashington,D.C.,toNewYorkCity.Themapshowstheeffectsofthequake.UnderstndingtheMpThestarshowsthecenterofthequake.Thecirclesshowwherepeoplefeltit.Illustration:RobSchuster4InMarch2011,astrongearthquakehitJapan.ItmovedJapan’smainisland8feet(2.4meters).Japanhasmanyearthq...
