PAIREDREADColorsintheSkyExpositoryTextWeatherWeatherAllAroundAllAroundbyDeborahNovemberSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAPhotographyCredit:Cover(tl)bluejeanimages/GettyImages,(bkgd)IanGrainger/Flickr/GettyImages**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:AskandAnswerQuestionsSkill:MainIdeaandKeyDetailsPhonicsLonge:e,ee,ea,ie,y,ey,e_eVocabularyStrategyAntonymsVocabularydamage,dangerous,destroy,event,harsh,prevent,warning,weatherContentStandardsScienceEarthandSpaceScienceWordcount:837**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118895-6MHID:0-02-118895-5PrintedintheUnitedStates.12345678DOC171615141312PAIREDREADChapter1What’stheWeather?..................2Chapter2HurricanesintheEast.................4Chapter3GreatPlainsSnow...................6Chapter4MidwestTornadoWatch..............10Chapter5SouthwestDrought...................12RespondtoReading.................15ColorsintheSky...........16Glossary/Index.......................19FocusonScience.............20byDeborahNovemberEssentialQuestionHowdoesweatheraffectus?WeatherAllAroundWeatherAllAroundInsomeplaces,itishotmostofthetime.Haveyouevernoticedthatpeoplelovetotalkabouttheweather?Sometimesitishot.Sometimesitiscold.Sometimesitisniceoutside,andsometimesitisnot!Someweatherisharsh.DifferentpartsoftheUnitedStateshavedifferentweather.APTERCHAPTERCHCH1What’stheWeather?MIXA/GettyImages2ManyplacesintheUnitedStateshavefourseasons.SeasonsSomeplaceshavefourseasons.Theweatherchangeswiththeseason.Winteriscold.Itmaysnow.Itisbreezyandrainyinthespring.Budsappearonthetreesandflowersst...
