byMariaGillChangingLandscapesExpositoryTextPAIREDREADStudentsSaveWetlandsSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAPhotographyCredit:CORBIS/SuperStock**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:CompareandContrastVocabularyStrategyMultiple-MeaningWordsVocabularyalter,collapses,crisis,destruction,hazards,severe,substantial,unpredictableContentStandardsScienceEarthScienceWordCount:762**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119078-2MHID:0-02-119078-XPrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789QLM151413121110byMariaGillChangingLandscapesEssentialQuestionHowdopeoplerespondtonaturaldisasters?PAIREDREADIntroduction..........................2Chapter1CrumblingLandscapes................4Chapter2SuddenChanges!......................8Chapter3FixingtheDamage...................12Conclusion...........................14RespondtoReading................15StudentsSaveWetlands.....16Glossary/Index.......................19FocusonScience............20Imagineyoutravelbackintimethousandsofyears.Youarriveinawildlandscapethatyou’veneverseenbefore.It’sactuallywhereyoulivenow.You’dneverguessit!Whydoesitlooksodifferent?IntroductionWatercarvedoutthiscanyon.2CORBIS/SuperStockThebiggestchangestoEarthtakethousandsofyears.Mountainsandcliffsslowlywearaway.Riversbecomewider.Somechangestothelandscapecanhappenveryquickly.Naturaldisasters,suchashurricanesandfloods,canalterthelandscapesuddenly.Someplaceshavenaturalfeaturesthathelpprotectthelandfromnaturaldisasters.Thehugewavesfromahurricanecanchangethecoastline.3ShaunLowe/Vetta/GettyImagesWatercanmakebi...
