DestinationDestinationSaturnSaturnbyKarenAlexanderbyKarenAlexanderExpositoryTextPAIREDREADWhytheStarsTwinkleSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAPhotographyCredit:CoverNASA/JPL/SpaceScienceInstitute.**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:SummarizeSkill:MainIdeaandKeyDetailsVocabularyStrategySuffixesELLVocabularyrotates,spaceVocabularyamount,astronomy,globe,solarsystem,support,surface,temperature,warmthContentStandardsScienceEarthandSpaceScienceWordCount:895**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119278-6MHID:0-02-119278-2PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1ExploringSaturn......................2Chapter2MissiontoSaturn.....................8Chapter3StormonSaturn.....................13RespondtoReading.................15WhytheStarsTwinkle......16Glossary/Index.......................19FocusonScience.............20byKarenAlexanderbyKarenAlexanderDestinationSaturnEssentialQuestionWhatdoweknowaboutEarthanditsneighborsinspace?Chapter1ExploringSaturnPeoplehavebeenstudyingastronomyforthousandsofyears.Astronomyisthestudyofstarsandplanets.PeoplediscoveredtheplanetSaturnbeforetelescopeswereinvented.NowwecanlearnmoreaboutSaturnbyusingspacecraft.Saturnisthesecondbiggestplanetinthesolarsystem.TheSolarSystemMercuryVenusEarthMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptuneSun2Stocktrek/AlamySaturnisnotaglobe.WhenpeoplelookatSaturnthroughatelescope,itlookslikesomeonepushedthetopandbottomtogether.ThisisbecauseSaturnrotatesveryfast.Saturnismostlygas.Saturncannotsupporthumanlife.SaturnismanytimesbiggerthanEarth.Saturn...
