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 \nVocabulary  \n·beloved,glanced,gleamed,noble,promised,wiggled  \nSupport Words  \n·glides,shallow,slime  \nHigh-Frequency Words  \n·fish,night,waterAll Photographs are by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill (MMH)except as nated below:Vocabulary Strategy  \nPhoto Credits  \n·Word Parts:Inflected Verbs andCOV:The Image Bank/Getty Images.TOC:Digital Vision Direct.2:Digita Vision Direct.Base Words  \n3:(+)Brandon D.Cale/Corbis;(c)Ralph A.Clevenger/Corbis;(b)Jurgen Freund/NaturePicture Library.4:Mike Severns/Stone/Getty·variant vowel /ô/au,awImages.5:Georgette Dauwma/The ImageBank/Getty Images.6:Reinhard Dirscherl/CONTENT-AREA VOCABULARYVisuals Unlimited.7-9:Dgital Vision Direct.  \nPhonics  \nWords related to undersea  \n10:Kelvin Aitken/Age Fotastack.II:BrianSkerry/Natianal Geagraphic/Getty Images.I2:creatures (see glossary)Jeff Hunter/The Image Bank/Getty Images.13:Michael Aw/Photodisc Green/Getty Images.CONTENT STANDARDS  \n14:The Image Bank/Getty Images.  \nScience  \nIIlustratian Credits  \n·Life Science  \n2:Jae LeMonnier  \nWord count:582**B  \nThe McGraw·Hill companies                         \nMacmillanMcGraw-Hill  \nPublished by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill,of McGraw-Hill Education,a division of  \nThe McGraw-Hill Companies,Inc.,Two Penn Plaza,New York,New York I012I.  \nCopyright Cby Macmillan/McGraw-Hill.All rights reserved.No part of this publicationmay be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means,or stored in a database orretrieval system,without the prior written consent of The McGraw-Hill Companies,Inc.,including,but not limited to,network storage or transmission,or broadcast for distancelearning.  \nPrinted in the United States of America  \n3456789 BSF I0090807  \n**The total word count is based upon words in the running text and headings only.Numerals and words in captions,labels,diagrams,charts,and sidebars are not included.  \n# ALL About\n\nCoral Reefs  \nby Mark Norman and Karen Zipkas  \n# Table of Contents\n\nRIS-MD:32:1  \n九CRPO0  \n55900 BT7ERSWEET RO5  \nChapter I  \nMiSHAWAKA, IN 4C545  \nA Coral City ………………………  \n………………………2  \nChapter 2  \nFood and Shelter.  \nChapter 3  \n…………………8  \nBig Eaters .  \nChapter 4  \nBusy at Night..  \n…………………………………12  \nChapter 5  \nTake Care of Coral Reefs…………………………14  \nGlossary/Index ……………………………………………………15  \nComprehension Check………………………………16  \n## Chapter I\n\nA Coral City  \nA coral reef is like a big city under thewater.A lot of sea creatures live around acoral reef.  \nCoral reefs grow in shallow,warm seas.They grow all over the world.  \nAmazing Fact  \nshallow:not deep  \nThe Great BarrierReef is the largestcoral reef in theworld.It is nearAustralia.  \nMost coral reefs are near landand in the tropics.  \nTiny animals called polyps build corals.Apolyp makes a coral cup to live in.A lot ofcups form a coral reef.  \nCorals have many shapes and sizes.Staghorn coral looks like spiky purpleantlers.Plate coral looks like a large dinner  \n## Chapter 2\n\nFood and Shelter  \nFish love coral reefs.There's lots to eat!  \nParrotfish bite the coral with theirsharp teeth.  \nA parrotfish has front teeth that looklike a parrot's beak.  \n4  \n## Do you think a lionfish lookslike a lion?\n\nAmazing Fact  \nLionfish have red and white stripes.Theyalso have long fins and spines.Lionfish usetheir long spines to trap small fish.  \nOctopuses live in coral reefs,too.  \nFish and other sea creatures also lovecoral reefs because there are lots ofplaces to hide.  \nOctopuses hide in holes in the coral.Sometimes they use a piece of corallike a door,which they open and shut.Octopuses can change color to matchcoral.That makes them hard to see.  \nClownfish live in sea anemones.Seaanemones look like plants,but they areanimals.They have tentacles that sting.  \nClownfish are covered in slime.The slimepr","cbCaimTvsmNSJmLn","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaimTvsmNSJmLn","pdf",1242205,"English","# Read to Find Out\n# Chapter 1\n## A Coral City\n# Amazing Fact\n# Do you think a lionfish looks like a lion?\n# Amazing Fact: Sea anemones","[{\"question\":\"Why are coral reefs compared to a big city?\",\"answer\":\"A lot of sea creatures live around a coral reef, and the reef provides homes and activity for many animals.\"},{\"question\":\"Where do coral reefs grow best?\",\"answer\":\"Coral reefs grow in shallow, warm seas and can be found all over the world.\"},{\"question\":\"How do polyps help build coral reefs?\",\"answer\":\"Tiny animals called polyps build corals by making coral cups, and many cups form a coral reef.\"}]","All About - Coral Reefs - Chapter 1 - A Coral City | PDF",1789971585,31]