ExpositoryTextPAIREDREADWhytheStarsTwinkleDestinationDestinationSaturnSaturnbyKarenAlexanderbyKarenAlexanderSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAPhotographyCredit:CoverNASA/JPL/SpaceScienceInstitute.**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.Wordcount:1,113**ComprehensionStrategy:SummarizeSkill:MainIdeaandKeyDetailsVocabularyStrategySuffixesVocabularyamount,astronomy,globe,solarsystem,support,surface,temperature,warmthContentStandardsScienceEarthandSpaceScienceCopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119006-5MHID:0-02-119006-2PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1ExploringSaturn......................2Chapter2MissiontoSaturn.....................8Chapter3StormonSaturn.....................13RespondtoReading.................15WhytheStarsTwinkle......16Glossary/Index.......................19FocusonScience.............20byKarenAlexanderbyKarenAlexanderDestinationSaturnEssentialQuestionWhatdoweknowaboutEarthanditsneighborsinspace?Chapter1ExploringSaturnPeoplehavebeenstudyingthestarsandplanetsforthousandsofyears.Thisstudyiscalledastronomy.Evenbeforetelescopeswereinvented,peoplehadfoundtheplanetSaturn.Withthehelpofspacecraft,wearelearningnewthingsaboutSaturn.Saturnisthesecondbiggestplanetinoursolarsystem.Itisalsothesixthplanetfromthesun.TheSolarSystemMercuryVenusEarthMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptuneSun2Stocktrek/AlamySaturndoesn’tlooklikeaglobe.Itlooksasifsomeonehaspushedthetopandbottomofaballtogether.Itlookslikethisbecauseitrotatesfast.Saturnhasarockycenter,butitssurfaceisgas.Itcouldnotsupporthumanlife.Saturnismanyt...
