ExpositoryTextAfricanCatsbyVanessaYorkPAIREDREADHowLeopardGotHisSpotsSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAPhotographyCredit:CoverGraemePurdy/Vetta/GettyImages.**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:CompareandContrastVocabularyStrategyParagraphCluesVocabularyendangered,fascinating,illegal,inhabit,requirements,respected,unaware,wildlifeContentStandardsScienceLifeScienceWordcount:1,498**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118906-9MHID:0-02-118906-4PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110byVanessaYorkAfricanCatsEssentialQuestionHowcanlearningaboutanimalshelpyourespectthem?PAIREDREADIntroduction.................................2Chapter1Cats,Cats,Cats..............................4Chapter2LittleBigCats..............................10Conclusion..................................14RespondtoReading........................13HowLeopardGotHisSpots......16Glossary/Index..............................19FocusonScience...................20IntroductionYoucanfindmembersofthecatfamilyallovertheworld.Whatevertheirsizeorspecies,catsareremarkablefortheirelegance,agility,andhuntingability.Catshavespecialadaptationsthatmakethemamazingpredators.Theynearlyallhaveretractableclaws,sharpeyesight,andflexiblespines.Theyhavemusclesthataresuitedtoshortburstsofspeedandenergy.Thesemusclescombinedwiththeirspecialskeletonsmakethempowerfuljumpersandclimbers.Allspeciesofcatsareexcellenthunters.2JackHollingsworth/GettyImagesPerhapsthemostfascinatingcatsarefoundinAfrica.Africaishometosomespeciesofcatsthatarefoundnowhereelse.Th...
