PAIREDREADWhytheStarsTwinkleExpositoryTextDestinationDestinationSaturnSaturnbyKarenAlexanderbyKarenAlexanderSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAPhotographyCredit:CoverNASA/JPL/SpaceScienceInstitute.**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:SummarizeSkill:MainIdeaandKeyDetailsVocabularyStrategySuffixesVocabularyamount,astronomy,globe,solarsystem,support,surface,temperature,warmthContentStandardsScienceEarthandSpaceScienceWordcount:1,363**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118844-4MHID:0-02-118844-0PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1ExploringSaturn.........................2Chapter2MissiontoSaturn........................8Chapter3SolsticesandStorms....................13RespondtoReading....................15WhytheStarsTwinkle.........16Glossary/Index..........................19FocusonScience................20byKarenAlexanderbyKarenAlexanderDestinationSaturnEssentialQuestionWhatdoweknowaboutEarthanditsneighborsinspace?Chapter1ExploringSaturnTheSolarSystemMercuryVenusMarsEarthJupiterSaturnUranusNeptuneSunAstronomyisoneoftheoldestsciences.Astronomershavestudiedtheskiesforthousandsofyears.Longbeforetelescopeswereinvented,peoplehadfoundtheplanetSaturn.However,withthehelpofspacecraft,wearelearningnewthingsabouttheplanet.Saturnisthesecondbiggestplanetinoursolarsystem.Itisalsothesixthplanetfromthesun.AtSaturn’sequator,thewindblowsatmorethanathousandmilesanhour.ThestrongestwindeverrecordedonEarthwas231milesanhour.2Stocktrek/AlamySaturnEarthGasPlanetSaturnisagasplanet.Therockatitscenteris...
