Scout is saying how the town looks, how it's sometimes cold how it's sometimes hot etc. I hope this helps!
Pure substances- Chemical substance a form of matter having constant chemical composition and characteristic. Mixtures- A material made up of two or more different substances that are not chemically combined
It is part of human nature. The drive to become rich, and to take the gold, is the whole reason that the dwarves started off in the first place. They were greedy for the wealth. They were blinded to the position that they were in. Even when Bilbo took the Arkenstone Thorin didn't pay attention, and turned his back on him.
The predicate is the part of a sentence containing a verb and telling something about the subject. Example of a sentence with a predicate:
Josie likes to play soccer.
Subject: Josie
Predicate: likes to play soccer