byjanebuxtonextremeanimalsExpositoryTextPAIREDREADHareandtheWaterSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:SummarizeSkill:MainIdeaandKeyDetailsVocabularyStrategyPrefixesVocabularycamouflaged,dribbled,extraordinary,poisonous,pounces,predators,prey,vibrationsContentStandardsScienceLifeSciencePhotographyCredit:(bkgd)Photodisc/Gettyimages,Photodisc/PunchStock**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.WordCount:1,044**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119084-3MHID:0-02-119084-4PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789QLM151413121110byjanebuxtonextremeanimalsPAIREDREADIntroduction..........................2Chapter1SurvivingintheDesertandtheRainForest..........................4Chapter2WateryEnvironments..................8Chapter3WeirdCreaturesoftheDeep.........12RespondtoReading.................15HareandtheWater.........16Glossary/Index.......................19FocusonScience.............20EssentialQuestionWhathelpsananimalsurvive?TherearemanykindsofenvironmentsonEarth.Therearehotdesertsandoceans,rivers,andlakes.Therearegrassyplainsandrainforests.Animalscanliveinalloftheseenvironmentsbecausetheyhaveadaptations.Anadaptationisachangethatananimalhasmadeovertimetosurvive.Someadaptationshelpanimalsfindfood.Somehelpthemstaysafefrompredatorsthathuntthem.introduction2Photodisc/GettyimagesAnimalscanhavephysicaladaptations.Someanimalshavethickfurtokeepthemwarm.Otheranimalshavelargeearstolistenforprey,ortheanimalstheyhuntforfood.Theycanalsohearanenemybeforeitpounces.Someadaptationsaresoextraordinaryyouwouldneverthinkofthem!Thebigearsofth...
