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How Do Fish Breathe Underwater? | Easy Science Reading

This short science reading passage is for English learners. Read the passage, learn key vocabulary, and answer the questions.Reading LevelA2-B1Word Count285 wordsReading PassageFish live in water, but they still need oxygen to survive. People get oxygen from air with lungs. Fish get oxygen from water with gills.Water has a small amount of oxygen mixed inside it. This oxygen is not the same as th..

Why Do Volcanoes Erupt? | Easy Science Reading

This short science reading passage is for English learners. Read the passage, learn key vocabulary, and answer the questions.Reading LevelA2-B1Word Count292 wordsReading PassageA volcano is an opening in Earth's surface. Sometimes hot melted rock, gas, and ash come out of this opening. This event is called an eruption.Deep under the ground, some rock is so hot that it melts. This melted rock is ..

How Do Ants Find Food? | Easy Science Reading

This short science reading passage is for English learners. Read the passage, learn key vocabulary, and answer the questions.Reading LevelA2-B1Word Count288 wordsReading PassageAnts are small, but they are very good at finding food. They do not use maps or signs. Instead, ants use smell, teamwork, and simple communication.When ants leave the nest, some ants act as scouts. A scout ant walks aroun..

Why Is the Ocean Salty? | Easy Science Reading

This short science reading passage is for English learners. Read the passage, learn key vocabulary, and answer the questions.Reading LevelA2-B1Word Count291 wordsReading PassageThe ocean tastes salty because it contains many dissolved minerals. The most common salt in the ocean is the same kind of salt people use in food, but ocean water has many other minerals too.The story begins with rain. As..

How Do Plants Drink Water? | Easy Science Reading

This short science reading passage is for English learners. Read the passage, learn key vocabulary, and answer the questions.Reading LevelA2-B1Word Count287 wordsReading PassagePlants need water to live, but they do not drink like people or animals. Plants take in water from the soil through their roots.Roots grow underground and spread through the soil. They help hold the plant in place. They a..

How Do Airplanes Fly? | Easy Science Reading

This short science reading passage is for English learners. Read the passage, learn key vocabulary, and answer the questions.Reading LevelA2-B1Word Count288 wordsReading PassageAirplanes are very heavy, but they can rise into the sky. They fly because of forces that work on the plane while it moves through the air.One important force is lift. Lift is made mostly by the wings. Airplane wings have..

This short science reading passage is for English learners. Read the passage, learn key vocabulary, and answer the questions.Reading LevelA2-B1Word Count286 wordsReading PassageMany people think a wagging tail always means a dog is happy. Sometimes that is true. But dogs wag their tails for many reasons.A dog's tail is part of its body language. Dogs cannot speak with words, so they use sounds, ..

This short science reading passage is for English learners. Read the passage, learn key vocabulary, and answer the questions.Reading LevelA2-B1Word Count287 wordsReading PassageThunder is the loud sound we hear during a storm. It often comes after a flash of lightning. Thunder and lightning are closely connected.Lightning is a very strong spark of electricity in the sky. When lightning moves thr..

This short science reading passage is for English learners. Read the passage, learn key vocabulary, and answer the questions.Reading LevelA2-B1Word Count290 wordsReading PassageMany people think seasons happen because Earth moves closer to or farther from the Sun. But that is not the main reason. Seasons happen mostly because Earth is tilted.Earth spins around an imaginary line called an axis. T..

This short science reading passage is for English learners. Read the passage, learn key vocabulary, and answer the questions.Reading LevelA2-B1Word Count291 wordsReading PassageHoney begins with flowers. Flowers make a sweet liquid called nectar. Bees visit flowers and drink nectar with their long tongues. Then they carry the nectar back to the hive.A bee does not carry nectar in the same stomac..