PAIREDREADBluebirdandCoyoteExpositoryTextbyMaryMackieSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAWordcount:928**PhotographyCredit:CoverGeorgetteDouwma/Photographer’sChoice/GettyImages.**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:CompareandContrastVocabularyStrategySentenceCluesVocabularyalert,competition,environment,excellent,prefers,protection,related,shelterContentStandardsScienceLifeScienceCopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118822-2MHID:0-02-118822-XPrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADGenreExpositoryTextEssentialQuestionHowdoanimalsadapttochallengesintheirhabitat?Chapter1AChangingWorld...................2Chapter2TidePoolAdaptations................6Chapter3TidePoolPredators..................12RespondtoReading.................15BluebirdandCoyote.........16Glossary/Index......................19FocusonScience.............20byMaryMackieTidepoolcreaturesliveinaworldthatisalwayschanging.Chapter1Takeawalkalongarockybeach.Whatdoyousee?Therearemusselsandsnailsontherocks.Greenseaanemoneswavetheirtentaclesinthewater.Crabshideunderrocks.Twiceaday,oceanwatercoverstheland.Thenthewaterrushesoutagain.Smallpoolsofwaterareleftbehind.Therestoftheshoreisdry.2GeorgeGrall/NationalGeographic/GettyImagesThesmallpoolsofwaterarecalledtidepools.Tidepoolsforminrockyareaswherethelandmeetsthesea.Atidepoolisahabitatformanyplantsandanimals.Ahabitatisaplacewhereaplantoranimallives.Itisaplantoranimal’senvironment.Crabsliveintidepoolsonrockycoasts.3CavanImages/DigitalVision/GettyImagesTidepoolschangeasthetiderise...
