ExpositoryTextbyVanessaYorkAfricanCatsPAIREDREADHowLeopardGotHisSpotsSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAPhotographyCredit:CoverGraemePurdy/Vetta/GettyImages.**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:CompareandContrastVocabularyStrategyParagraphCluesELLVocabularyadaptations,stalkVocabularyendangered,fascinating,illegal,inhabit,requirements,respected,unaware,wildlifeContentStandardsScienceLifeScienceWordcount:959**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118609-9MHID:0-02-118609-XPrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADIntroduction..........................2Chapter1Cats,Cats,Cats.......................4Chapter2LittleBigCats.......................10Conclusion...........................13RespondtoReading.................15HowLeopardGotHisSpots16Glossary/Index.......................19FocusonScience.............20EssentialQuestionHowcanlearningaboutanimalshelpyourespectthem?byVanessaYorkAfricanCatsAllspeciesofcatsareexcellenthunters.IntroductionYoucanfindmembersofthecatfamilyallovertheworld.Whatevertheirsizeorspecies,catsareamazing.Catshaveadaptationsthatmakethempowerfuljumpersandclimbers.Theynearlyallhaveretractableclaws,sharpeyesight,andspecialskeletons.Theyhavestrongmusclesthataregoodforburstsofspeedandenergy.sharpeyesight2JackHollingsworth/GettyImagesFascinatingcatsarefoundinAfrica.Africaishometoseveralkindsofcatsthatarenotfoundanywhereelse.Arangerwatchesalionfamilysleepingintheshade.Wherelions,leopards,cheetahs,servals,caracals,andgoldencatsliveAfricaAfricanCatTerritory3(b)Mountain...
