PAIREDREADHermesandtheLyreExpositoryTextINSPIREDBYNATUREbyEmmaTurnerSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:SummarizeSkill:MainIdeaandKeyDetailsVocabularyStrategyRootWordsVocabularyeffective,example,identical,imitate,material,models,observe,similarContentStandardsScienceTechnologyWordcount:904**PhotographyCredit:Cover(tl)AndrewHowe/Vetta/GettyImages,(br)IreneAlastruey/Punchstock.**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118808-6MHID:0-02-118808-4PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110GenreExpositoryTextEssentialQuestionWhatideascanwegetfromnature?PAIREDREADIntroduction......................2Chapter1GettingAround....................4Chapter2Communication....................7Chapter3IntotheFuture...................10Conclusion........................14RespondtoReading...............15HermesandtheLyre.......16Glossary/Index....................19FocusonScience...........20INSPIREDBYNATUREbyEmmaTurnerINTRODUCTIONLotusplantscanliveinmuddyponds.Yettheirleavesarealwayscleananddry.Alotusleafhasmanytinygrooves.Thesegroovestrapairbubbles.Theairbubblesstopdirtandwatersettlingontheleaf.Thedirtywaterdropsslideoffinstead.Theleavesofthelotusplantdonotgetdirty.2AID/amanaimages/CORBISNatureisfullofgoodideas.Plantsandanimalshavesomeverycleverdesignfeatures.Now,scientistsarestudyingthesemodels.Theyaremakingnewproductsthatcopywhattheyseeinnature.Scientistshavemadepaintsthatimitatethelotusleaf.Thesepaintscleanthemselves!Thesebumpsandgrooveshelpkeeptheleafclean.STOPANDCHECKWhydopeopleusei...
