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Why Is the Sky Blue? | 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 Count284 wordsReading PassageOn a clear day, the sky often looks bright blue. But the sky is not painted blue. The color comes from sunlight and the air around Earth.Sunlight may look white, but it is made of many colors. These colors include red, or..

How Do Birds Know When to Fly South? | 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 Count286 wordsReading PassageMany birds fly south before winter arrives. But how do they know when it is time to leave? Birds do not use calendars. Instead, they notice natural signs around them and inside their bodies.One of the most important signs..

This short science reading passage is for English learners. Read the passage, learn key vocabulary, and answer the questions.Reading LevelA2-B1Word Count275 wordsReading PassageThe Northern Lights are colorful lights that appear in the night sky near the North Pole. They can look green, pink, purple, or blue. Their scientific name is aurora borealis.The Northern Lights begin with the sun. The su..

This short science reading passage is for English learners. Read the passage, learn key vocabulary, and answer the questions.Reading LevelA2-B1Word Count282 wordsReading PassageTrees are important living things on Earth. They give people and animals food, shade, shelter, and clean air. A world without trees would be hotter, drier, and less healthy.One important job of trees is making oxygen. Tre..

This short science reading passage is for English learners. Read the passage, learn key vocabulary, and answer the questions.Reading LevelA2-B1Word Count270 wordsReading PassageWater is always moving around Earth. It moves from oceans, lakes, and rivers into the air, then back to the land again. This movement is called the water cycle.The water cycle often begins with the sun. When sunlight warm..

This short science reading passage is for English learners. Read the passage, learn key vocabulary, and answer the questions.Reading LevelA2-B1Word Count262 wordsReading PassageA rainbow is a colorful arc that sometimes appears in the sky after rain. Rainbows look magical, but they are made by sunlight and water.Sunlight looks white to our eyes, but it is made of many colors. When sunlight enter..

This short history reading passage is for English learners. Read the passage, learn key vocabulary, and answer the questions.Reading LevelA2-B1Word Count270 wordsReading PassageThe Great Wall of China is one of the most famous structures in the world. It stretches across parts of northern China. The wall was not built all at once. Different sections were built over many centuries.Long ago, Chine..

This short science reading passage is for English learners. Read the passage, learn key vocabulary, and answer the questions.Reading LevelA2-B1Word Count258 wordsReading PassageMagnets are objects that can pull some metals toward them. They can also push away other magnets. This invisible pulling and pushing force is called magnetism.Every magnet has two ends. These ends are called poles. One en..

This short science reading passage is for English learners. Read the passage, learn key vocabulary, and answer the questions.Reading LevelA2-B1Word Count292 wordsReading PassageBees are small insects, but they have a very important job in nature. They help many plants grow by moving pollen from one flower to another. This process is called pollination.Pollination helps flowers make seeds. It als..

This short science reading passage is for English learners. Read the passage, learn key vocabulary, and answer the questions.Reading LevelA2-B1Word Count266 wordsReading PassageA seed may look small and quiet, but it can grow into a plant. Inside a seed is a tiny young plant and stored food. When conditions are right, the seed begins to grow.The first stage is called germination. A seed needs wa..