byRaymondHuberNarrativeNonfictionPAIREDREAD3001:ASpaceMysteryGEORGE’SGIANTIANTWHEELHEELSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:CauseandEffectVocabularyStrategyDefinitionsandRestatementsVocabularyaccelerate,advantage,capabilities,friction,gravity,identity,inquiry,thrillingContentStandardsSciencePhysicalSciencePhotographyCredit:LibraryofCongressPrintsandPhotographsDivision[LC-USZ62-50927].**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.WordCount:1,228**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119114-7MHID:0-02-119114-XPrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789QLM151413121110GEORGE’SGIANTWHEELPAIREDREADChapter1AGiantIdea.............................2Chapter2TheWorkBegins........................8Chapter3AnExcitingRide........................12RespondtoReading..................153001:ASpaceMystery.......16Glossary/Index........................19FocusonScience.............20byRaymondHuberEssentialQuestionHowcansciencehelpyouunderstandhowthingswork?Chapter1ChapAGIANTIDEAIn1891,thecityofChicagowasgettingreadytoholdaworld’sfaircalledtheColumbianExposition.Thefairwasachanceforthecountrytoshowthehugeadvancesithadmadeinscienceandtechnology.Newinventionssuchaselectriclightswouldbedisplayed.Therewouldbegamesandrides.Theorganizersalsowantedtobuildagiganticattractionthatwouldastonishtheworld.TheorganizersoftheColumbianExpositionwantedmillionsofpeopletovisitthefair.2LibraryofCongress,PrintsandPhotographsDivision[LC-USZC4-3270]TheEiffelTowerwastheentrancetotheworld’sfairinParis.In1889,theworld’sfairinParis,France,hadfeaturedtheEif...