GlaciersPAIREDREADExpositoryTextbyElizabethDoeringGlaciersSTRATEGIES&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:1035**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118898-7MHID:0-02-118898-XPrintedintheUnitedStates.12345678DOC171615141312PAIREDREADChapter1TheEarthMoves......................2Chapter2WhatCausesEarthquakes?............8Chapter3MeasuringEarthquakes...............13RespondtoReading.................15Glaciers.....................16Glossary/Index.......................19FocusonScience.............20byElizabethDoeringEssentialQuestionHowdoestheearthchange?Millionsofpeoplewillneverfeelanearthquake.Millionsofotherswill.Somequakesareminor.Noonefeelsthem.Othersarestronger.Thehousemightmovealittle.Windowsmightrattle.Dishesandglassesmightclatteronkitchenshelves.Ahanginglampmightstarttosway.Peoplenoticesomethingstrangeishappening.Buttheymaynotrealizeitisanearthquake.Theymaythinkabigtruckjustwentby.Ortheymaythinkthatsomethinghitthehouse.Butsomeearthquakesarehardtomiss.Astrongearthquakecanshakeheavyfurniture.Theworstearthquakesbringdownbuildings.AseriousearthquakestruckSanFrancisco,California,in1989.TheEarthMovesChapter12RogerRessmeyer/CorbisEveryyear,seriousearthquakeshappenallovertheworld.Bigearthquakesarebignews.Butearthqu...
