byjanebuxtonextremeanimalsExpositoryTextPAIREDREADHareandtheWaterSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:SummarizeSkill:MainIdeaandKeyDetailsVocabularyStrategyPrefixesVocabularycamouflaged,dribbled,extraordinary,poisonous,pounces,predators,prey,vibrationsContentStandardsScienceLifeSciencePhotographyCredit:(bkgd)Photodisc/Gettyimages,Photodisc/PunchStock**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.WordCount:1,534**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119157-4MHID:0-02-119157-3PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789QLM151413121110byjanebuxtonextremeanimalsEssentialQuestionWhathelpsananimalsurvive?PAIREDREADIntroduction.............................2Chapter1SurvivingintheDesertandtheRainForest.....................4Chapter2WateryEnvironments.....................8Chapter3WeirdCreaturesoftheDeep............12RespondtoReading....................15HareandtheWater...........16Glossary/Index..........................19FocusonScience...............20PlanetEarthhasmanykindsoflandscapes—fromburning-hotdesertstofrozenicefields,andfromoceans,rivers,andlakestograssyplains,rainforests,andhighmountains.Animalscanliveinalloftheseenvironmentsbecausetheyhavespecialadaptationstohelpthemsurvive.Manyanimalshaveadaptationsthathelpthemfindfood,liveindifferentclimates,andstaysafefrompredatorsthathuntthemforfood.introduction2Photodisc/GettyimagesSomeanimaladaptationsarephysicaladaptations.Theymayhavethickfurtokeepthemwarmorlonglegstorunawayfrompredators.Othersmayhavelargeearstolistenforprey,theanimalstheyhuntforfood.Theyalsousetheirearstohearapred...
