byMariaGillChangingLandscapesbyMariaGillChangingLandscapesExpositoryTextPAIREDREADStudentsSaveWetlandsASTRATEGIES&SKILLSComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:CompareandContrastVocabularyStrategyMultiple-MeaningWordsVocabularyalter,collapse,crisis,destruction,hazard,severe,substantial,unpredictableContentStandardsScienceEarthSciencePhotographyCredit:CORBIS/SuperStock**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.WordCount:1,141**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119156-7MHID:0-02-119156-5PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789QLM151413121110byMariaGillChangingLandscapesPAIREDREADEssentialQuestionHowdopeoplerespondtonaturaldisasters?Introduction..........................2Chapter1CrumblingLandscapes................4Chapter2SuddenChanges!......................8Chapter3FixingtheDamage...................12Conclusion...........................14RespondtoReading.................15StudentsSaveWetlands.....16Glossary/Index.......................19FocusonScience............20Imagineyouareinatimemachine.Youtravelthousandsofyearsbackintime.Youstepoutandseeaverydifferentlandscapefromtheoneyouleft.Themountainsaretallerandtheriversrunstraightthroughtheland.Cliffsjutoutfartheroverbeaches.Whathashappenedtomakeitalllooksodifferent?IntroductionWatercarvedoutthiscanyon.2CORBIS/SuperStockEarth’ssurfaceisalwayschanging.Windandwateraltertheshapeoftheland.Someofthechangeshappenovermanythousandsofyears.Mountainsandcliffsslowlywearaway.Riversgraduallywiden.Everynowandthen,anaturaldisaster,suchasahurricane,flood,orlandslide,speedsuptheprocessesofcha...
