ExpositoryTextPAIREDREADBluebirdandCoyotebyMaryMackieSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAWordcount:1,274**PhotographyCredit:CoverGeorgetteDouwma/Photographer’sChoice/GettyImages.**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:CompareandContrastVocabularyStrategySentenceCluesVocabularyalert,competition,environment,excellent,prefer,protection,related,shelterContentStandardsScienceLifeScienceCopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119011-9MHID:0-02-119011-9PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1AChangingWorld....................2Chapter2TidePoolAdaptations.................6Chapter3TidePoolPredators...................12RespondtoReading..................15BluebirdandCoyote.........16Glossary/Index.......................19FocusonScience..............20EssentialQuestionHowdoanimalsadapttochallengesintheirhabitat?byMaryMackieTidepoolcreaturesliveinaworldthatisalwayschanging.Chapter1Takeawalkalongarockybeachand,ifyoulookclosely,youcanseeawholeworldofcreaturesatyourfeet.Thereareclustersofmussels.Smallsnailsclingtorocks.Thegreenseaanemonewavesitstentaclesinthewater.Crabshidebeneathrocks.Theworldtheseanimalsliveinisalwayschanging.Twiceaday,oceanwatersweepsinandcoverstheland.Thenthewaterrushesoutagain.Smallpoolsofwaterareleftbehind,buttherestoftheshoreisdry.2GeorgeGrall/NationalGeographic/GettyImagesCrabsliveintidepoolsonrockycoasts.Thesmallpoolsofwaterarecalledtidepools.Tidepoolsforminrockyareaswherethelandmeetsthesea.Forexample,oneplaceyoucanfindtidepoolsisalongtherockycoastofCalifornia....
