PAIREDREADHermesandtheLyreExpositoryTextINSPIREDBYNATUREbyEmmaTurnerSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:SummarizeSkill:MainIdeaandKeyDetailsVocabularyStrategyRootWordsVocabularyeffective,examples,identical,imitate,material,models,observe,similarContentStandardsScienceTechnologyPhotographyCredit:Cover(tl)AndrewHowe/Vetta/GettyImages,(br)IreneAlastruey/Punchstock.**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.Wordcount:1,672**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118845-1MHID:0-02-118845-9PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADEssentialQuestionWhatideascanwegetfromnature?Introduction.............................2Chapter1GettingAround..........................4Chapter2Communication...........................7Chapter3IntotheFuture..........................10Conclusion..............................14RespondtoReading....................15HermesandtheLyre..........16Glossary/Index..........................19FocusonScience...............20INSPIREDBYNATUREbyEmmaTurnerTheleavesofthelotusplantareprotectedagainstdirt.INTRODUCTIONThelotusisanaquaticplant.Itthrivesinmuddypondwater.Yettheleavesofalotusarealwayscleananddry.Scientistsinvestigatedhowthiswaspossible.Theyfoundthatalotusleafiscoveredwiththousandsoftinybumpsandgrooves.Thesebumpsandgroovestrapairbubbles.Theairbubblesactlikeabarrier.Theystopwaterfromsettlingontheleaf.Dirtstickstodropsofwater,insteadofstickingtotheleaf.Thenthedirtydropsofwaterslideofftheleaf,leavingitcleananddry.2AID/amanaimages/CORBISThiscomputergraphicshowsthebumpsandgroovesthathelpt...
