byMariaGillChangingLandscapesExpositoryTextPAIREDREADStudentsSaveWetlandsASTRATEGIES&SKILLSComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:CompareandContrastVocabularyStrategyMultiple-MeaningWordsVocabularyalters,collapse,crisis,destruction,hazards,severe,substantial,unpredictableELLVocabularydamage,forceContentStandardsScienceEarthSciencePhotographyCredit:CORBIS/SuperStock**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.WordCount:895**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119145-1MHID:0-02-119145-XPrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789QLM151413121110byMariaGillChangingLandscapesPAIREDREADEssentialQuestionHowdopeoplerespondtonaturaldisasters?Introduction..........................2Chapter1CrumblingLandscapes.................4Chapter2SuddenChanges!.....................8Chapter3FixingtheDamage...................12Conclusion...........................14RespondtoReading................15StudentsSaveWetlands.....16Glossary/Index.......................19FocusonScience.............20Landscapeschangeallthetime.Thesameplacescanlookverydifferentnowfromhowtheylookedlongago.Whydoesthelandscapechangesomuch?IntroductionWatercarvedoutthiscanyon.mountaincliffriver2CORBIS/SuperStockThesurfaceofEarthalters,orchanges,constantly.Somechangeshappenoverthousandsofyears.Mountainsandcliffsslowlywearaway.Riversgraduallybecomewider.Anaturaldisastercanspeedupchange.Hurricanes,floods,orlandslidescanchangethelandscapesuddenly.However,somenaturalfeaturescanprotectlandfromnaturaldisasters.Ahurricanecauseshugewaves.Thewavesalter,orchange,thecoastline.InOtherWordsmakefast...
