Reading
Vocabulary
General Questions
100

How many different kinds of coral are there?

300

100

This person needs to study for many years and do lots of tests before they go to space.

astronaut

100

Where is the Great Barrier Reef?

Australia

200

What do people like to do when they visit the Great Barrier Reef?

snorkelling and diving

200

When you swim in the Great Barrier Reef, you can see many different kinds of __________. It is many different colors.

coral

200

What is today's text type?

encyclopedia article

300

What does a reef need to survive?

coral

300

People should not swim in this river because it has been _________ by this big factory.

polluted

300

What is summarize?

When you retell the important parts of a story using your own words.

400

Name three ways that the Great Barrier Reef is in danger.

Its waters have been polluted. The water is becoming too warm for the animals that live there. Too much fisihing.

400

The water ___________ describes how water moves into the sky from the ocean, falls as rain, and moves back to the ocean.

system

400

Which of these countries is furthest from Australia?

China, India, New Zealand, Indonesia, Japan

Japan