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\nVocabulary  \n·climate,eerie,lumbering,lurk,shimmer,silken,swallows  \nSupport Words  \n·boulders,conditions,scarce,surviveHigh-Frequency WordsLOXAHATCHEE GHOVES LLcM.19 sand,teeth  \nVocabulary Strategy  \n·Context Clues:Surrounding Wordsphoto credits Cover:Photowood Inc./CORBIS;E:(t)Masterfile;(b)AnthonyCONTENT-AREA VOCABULARYMercieca/Photo Researchers,Inc.;2-3:(bkgd)Masterfile;3:Rob Howard/Words related to the desertCORBIS;4-5:(t)Masterfile;4:(b)Carl&  \nAnn Purcell/CORBIS;5:(c)Photowood(see glossary)Inc./CORBIS;6-7:(t)Masterfile;7:AnthonyMercieca/Photo Researchers,Inc.;8-9:(t)Masterfile;8:(c)BIOS/Peter Arnold,Inc.;NATIONAL CONTENT STANDARDS  \n9:(c)George Holton/Photo Researchers,Inc.;I0-IL:(1)Masterfile;10:(b)FransScienceLemmens/Peter Arnold,Inc.;I:(cr)Martin\"Harvey/CORBIS;I2-13:(t)Masterfile;I2:●Life Science(c)Frans Lemmens/Peter Arnold,Inc.;14:(bkgd)Masterfile;(b)Paul Stepan/PhotoResearchers,Inc.Word count:1,242**illustrations:2,12-13:Arvis Stewart.  \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 10121.  \nCopyright eby Macmillan/McGraw-Hill.All rights reserved.No part of this publication may bereproduced or distributed in any form or by any means,or stored in a database or retrieval system,without the prior written consent of The McGraw-Hill Companies,Inc.,including,but not limited to,network storage or transmission,or broadcast for distance learning.  \nPrinted in the United States of America  \n456789109100908  \n*\"The tota word count is based on words in the running text and headings only.Numerals and words in captions,labels,diagrams,charts,and sidebars are not included.  \nLife in the  \nSahara Desert  \nby Kathy Kinsner  \nTable of Contents  \nIntroduction…………………………  \n……………………2  \nChapter 1 Desert Plants ……………………………………4  \nChapter 2 Animals in the Sahara ……………  \n…6  \nChapter 3 People Change the Land………………10  \nConclusion…………………  \n……14  \nGlossary and Index  \n………………………………16  \nComprehension Check  \n# Introduction\n\nThe sun shines high in the sky.There areno clouds.The temperature rises to 100°F(38°C).This is the Sahara Desert.It is oneof the hottest places on Earth.  \nThe Sahara is the largest desert in theworld.It is almost the same size as the  \nUnited States.The Sahara is in nine countriesin northern Africa.Like all deserts,it getsless than 10 inches (24 cm)of rain each year.  \nIn parts of the Sahara,sand stretches formiles.Sand dunes form when wind carriessand over large rocks.The wind drops thesand.The sand dunes grow larger as thewind drops more and more sand on top.  \nCMost of theworld's desertsare locatedin two areasabove andbelow theequator.  \nNot all of the Sahara Desert is covered withsand.These rock formations add an eerie lookto this picture of a desert.  \nAbout 80 percent of the deserts in theworld are not sandy.Deserts begin as placeswith many 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