ExpositoryTextPAIREDREADWhytheStarsTwinkleDestinationDestinationSaturnSaturnbyKarenAlexanderbyKarenAlexanderSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAPhotographyCredit:CoverNASA/JPL/SpaceScienceInstitute.**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:SummarizeSkill:MainIdeaandKeyDetailsVocabularyStrategySuffixesVocabularyamount,astronomy,globe,solarsystem,support,surface,temperature,warmthContentStandardsScienceEarthandSpaceScienceWordcount:815**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118807-9MHID:0-02-118807-6PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110EssentialQuestionWhatdoweknowaboutEarthanditsneighborsinspace?GenreExpositoryTextPAIREDREADChapter1ExploringSaturn......................2Chapter2MissiontoSaturn.....................8Chapter3StormonSaturn.....................13RespondtoReading.................15WhytheStarsTwinkle......16Glossary/Index.......................19FocusonScience..............20byKarenAlexanderbyKarenAlexanderDestinationSaturnChapter1ExploringSaturnTheSolarSystemMercuryVenusEarthMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptuneSunPeoplehavestudiedthestarsandplanetsforthousandsofyears.Thisstudyiscalledastronomy.Saturnisthesecondbiggestplanetinoursolarsystem.Itissobigthatpeoplecanseeitwithoutatelescope.2Stocktrek/AlamySaturnEarthSaturnismanytimesbiggerthanEarth.Saturndoesn’tlookround,likeaglobe.Itlooksasifsomeonehaspushedthetopandbottomofaballtogether.Thatisbecauseitrevolves,orturns,veryfast.ThesurfaceofSaturnisgas.Buttheplanethasarockycenter.Itcouldnotsupporthumanlife.3(tl)NASA/JPL/SpaceScienceInstitute,(tr)NOA...
