PAIREDREADExpositoryTextbyElizabethDoeringGlaciersSTRATEGIES&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:697**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119037-9MHID:0-02-119037-2PrintedintheUnitedStates.12345678DOC171615141312GenreExpositoryTextPAIREDREADChapter1TheEarthMoves..................2Chapter2WhatCausesEarthquakes?..........8Chapter3MeasuringEarthquakes.............13RespondtoReading...............15Glaciers...................16Glossary/Index....................19FocusonScience...........20byElizabethDoeringEssentialQuestionHowdoestheearthchange?AseriousearthquakestruckSanFrancisco,California,in1989.Imaginethis.Ahanginglampathomestartstoswing.Youheardishesandglassesrattle.Didatruckjustpassbyoutside?Maybeyoufeelajolt.Didsomethinghitthehouse?That’swhatanearthquakecanfeellike.TheEarthMovesChapter12RogerRessmeyer/CorbisBigearthquakesarebignews.Theyhavebeenhappeningforalongtime.Butweknowlittleaboutearthquakesfromthepast.Wehavenodetailedrecordsofthesequakes.Sowedon’tknowtheirsizeoralloftheireffects.Weknowmoreaboutmodernearthquakes.Chinawashithardbyanearthquakein2010.3RenXiaogang/XinhuaPress/CorbisMillionsofAmericansfeltanearthquakeinAugust2011.ItscenterwasinVirginia.Peoplehundredsofmilesawayfeltit.BuildingsinWashingto...
