PAIREDREADHermesandtheLyreExpositoryTextINSPIREDBYbyEmmaTurnerbySTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:SummarizeSkill:MainIdeaandKeyDetailsVocabularyStrategyRootWordsVocabularyeffective,examples,identical,imitate,material,models,observe,similarContentStandardsScienceTechnologyWordcount:1,376**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:978-0-02-119007-2MHID:0-02-119007-0PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADIntroduction..........................2Chapter1GettingAround.......................4Chapter2Communication........................7Chapter3IntotheFuture.......................10Conclusion...........................14RespondtoReading.................15HermesandtheLyre........16Glossary/Index.......................19FocusonScience.............20EssentialQuestionWhatideascanwegetfromnature?INSPIREDBYNATUREbyEmmaTurnerINTRODUCTIONLotusplantscanliveinmuddyponds.Yettheirleavesstaycleananddry.Scientistswonderedhowthiswaspossible.Theystudiedtheplantstofindout.Alotusleafiscoveredwithtinybumpsandgrooves.Thebumpsandgroovestrapairbubbles.Theairbubblesactlikeabarrier.Theystopwaterfromsettlingontheleaf.Dirtcan’tsettleontheleafeither.Itstickstothewaterinstead.Thewaterslidesofftheleaf,carryingthedirtwithit.Theleavesofthelotusplantareprotectedagainstdirt.2AID/amanaimages/CORBISNatureisfullofgoodideas.Plantsandanimalshavelotsofcleverdesignfeatures.Now,scientistsarestudyingthesemodels.Theyarecrea...
