Earth (Oxford Read and Discover L2)

ProQual Virtual Book Club Oxford Read and Discover Level 2 1 Earth Richard Northcott Read and discover all about Earth ... • How old are Earth's mountains? • What is under the land? Read and discover more about the world! This seric<, \"I non-fiction readers provides interesting and ed ucatloll, d content, with activities and project work. Series Editor: Hazel Geatches Audio CD Pack available Word count for this reader: 820 Levell level 3 level 5 300 headwords 600 headwords 900 headw( level 2 level 4 level 6 450 headwords 750 headwords 1,050 headw( I JIBCL2 II 9 78019 4 [email protected]

ProQual Virtual Book Club Oxford Read and Discover Level 2 JIBCL2 Earth Richard Northcott r Contents Introduction 3 1 What Is Eo rth? 4 2 Land 6 3 Water 8 4 Hot Places 10 5 Cold Places 12 6 Wet Places 14 7 Under the Land 16 8 In the Ocea n 18 Activities 20 Projects 36 Picture Dictionary 38 About Read and Discover 40 OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS [email protected] 2

ProQual Virtual Book Club Oxford Read and Discover Level 2 OXFORD Introduction UNIVERSITY PRESS Let's look at Earth. Let's look at oceans and rivers, mountains and Great Clarendon Street. Oxford. OX2 60p. United Kingdom forests . Earth is amazing, and it Oxford University Press is a department of the University has lots of amazing places. of Oxford. It furthers the University's objective ofexcellence in research. scholarship. and education by publishing worldwide. Where is it hot on Earth? Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press Where is it cold on Earth? in the UK and in certain other countries Where can we find water on Earth? ~ Oxford University Press 2012 Now read and discover The moral rights ofthe author have been asserted more about Earth! First published in 2012 [email protected] 3 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 No unauthorized ph otocopying All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted. in any fonn or by any means, without the prior permission in writing ofOxford University Press. or as expressly permitted by law. by licence or under terms agreed with the appropriate reprographics rights organization. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope ofthe above should be sent to the ELT Rights Department. Oxford University Press. a t the address above You must not circulate this work in any other form and you must impose this same condition on any acquirer Links to third party websites are provided by Oxford in good faith and for information only. Oxford disclaims any responsibility for the materials contained in any third party website referenced in this work ISBN: 9780194646796 An Audio CD Pack containing this book and a CD is also available. ISBN 9780194646895 The CD has a choice of American and British English recordings of the complete text. An accompa nying Activity Book is also available. ISBN 9780 194646697 Printed in China This book is printed on paper from certified and well-managed sources. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS fliusrratiollS by: Kelly Kennedy pp.5 (earth and sun). 10. 11. 12. 16.19. 26; Mark Rume p.5 (map); Alan Rowe pp.20. 22. 24. 28. 30.32.35.38.39. The Publishers would also like to thank the followingfor their kind permission to reproduce photographs and other copyright material: Alamy pp.13 (Malcolm Schuyl/penguins). 14 (Eitan Simanor). 15 Uan Ca rroll/rainforest). 17 (Martin Borrovsky/lNSADCO Photogrdphy); Co rbis pp.4 (Kulka). 6 (Frank Krahmer). 7 (Tadao Yamamoto/amanaimages/cliffs. Robert PostmafFirst Light! Colca Ca nyon). 9 (WIN-Images/rough sea). 16 (Martin Rietze/ Westend61). 18 (David FleethamfVisuals Unlimited/jellyfish); Getty Images pp.9 (Panoramic Images/calm ocean). 12 (Wally Herbert/Robert Harding World Imagery); Naturepl.com pp.15 (Nick Garbutt/pitcher plant). 18 (Georgette Douwma/ underwater); Oxford University Press p.3; Photolibrary pp.8 (Tibor Bognar/photononstop). 10 (SGM SGM). 11 (Mike Kiplingffhe Travel Library). 13 (Calvin W Hall/Alaskastock/ Northern Lights). JIBCL2

ProQual Virtual Book Club Oxford Read and Discover Level 2 We're in space and we're looking at On the land, there are forests, Earth. What can we see? We can see mountains, and deserts. Most man-y colors. We can see land, of Earth's water is in oceans, water, and clouds. but there's water in lakes and rivers, too. Earth is a planet. There are man-y, Earth goes around the sun every man-y planets in space, but there's year. Earth also turns every day. onl-y one Earth. Earth is -o~r home. Millions of plants, animals, and .. Go to pages 20-21 for activitie4 s. people live here. JIBCL2 [email protected]

ProQual Virtual Book Club Oxford Read and Discover Level 2 Land We live on the land. The land is The land can fall into the ocean under our feet. The land can be and make cliffs. These amazing snow'Y mountains or green valle'Y s. cliffs are in Australia. It can be forests or deserts. Rivers can make deep valle'Ys in the These mountains are in China. land. These deep valle'Ys are called N ext to the mountains, there are can'Yons. Look at this amazing valle'Y s. The mountains and valle'Y s can'Yon in Peru. It's called the on Earth are millions of 'Years old. Colca Can'Yon. Mountains in China JIBCL2 [email protected] 5

ProQual Virtual Book Club Oxford Read and Discover Level 2 Water On Earth, there's water in rivers, When the ocean is calm, the waves lakes, and oceans. are small. People can swim in the ocean when it's calm. Most rivers come from mountains. Snow falls on the mountains. The In bad weather, the ocean can be snow melts and the water goes rough. The wind makes big waves. down the mountains. Rain falls, People can't swim in the ocean then more water goes into the rivers. when it's rough. Most rivers go to the ocean. When a river comes to a cliff, it makes a waterfall. Niagara Falls are amazing waterfalls in Canada and the USA. JIBCL2 [email protected] 6

ProQual Virtual Book Club Oxford Read and Discover Level 2 Hot Places A lot of hot places on Monument Valle1J is in a desert in Earth are near the the USA. It's ver1J hot and sunn1J equator. Near the there. There are weeks and months equator, the light from with no rain. the sun is strong. It's often hot in summer In some ver1J hot places in summer, and in winter. there's no water in the rivers. Plants and fish can't live there. There are man1J hot deserts near the equator. When it's hot, the lungfish makes a hole in the soil. It can live there with no water! JIBCL2 [email protected] .. Go to pages 26-27 for activitie7 s.

ProQual Virtual Book Club Oxford Read and Discover Level 2 Cold Places The Arctic and the There's lots of snow in the Antarctic, Antarctic are very cold too. Penguins live in the Antarctic. places. In the Arctic and When it's very cold, they stand near the Antarctic, the light their friends, so they are not cold. from the sun is weak. Winter is very long. It's dark for six months! In the Arctic, there's lots of deep snow. People can't drive their cars in the snow, so they use sleds and dogs. In the Arctic and the Antarctic, electricity from the sun makes amazing colors in the sky. JIBCL2 [email protected] 8

ProQual Virtual Book Club Oxford Read and Discover Level 2 Wet Places Do l:]ou like cold, rainl:] dal:]s? In some places, there are lots of rainl:] dal:]s. Rain isn't alwal:]s cold. Rain often comes with hot weather. In India, there's lots of rain in hot weather. It's rainl:] there from June to September. People go everl:]where with an umbrella. The rainl:] time in India is called the monsoon. It's verl:] wet in rainforests, too. It's often hot and rainl:]. Manl:] amazing animals and plants live in rainforests. This rainforest plant can eat insects! JIBCL2 [email protected] 9

ProQual Virtual Book Club Oxford Read and Discover Level 2 Under the Land There's water under the land, too. The water can make caves. You can Let's look at the land. see amazing rock in caves. What can we see? We can see soil. Plants live These caves are in Slovenia. They're in soil and they find called the Skocjan Caves. water there. Under the soil, there's rock. Rock is millions of years old. Deep in Earth, the rock is very, very hot. When a volcano erupts, hot rock comes out. People and animals run. They are scared. In the Skocjan Caves, the river goes under the land for 34 kilometers. JIBCL2 [email protected] 10

ProQual Virtual Book Club Oxford Read and Discover Level 2 The ocean is an amazing place. Do you know there are cliffs, There are millions of fish and plants mountains, and volcanoes in the in the ocean. ocean? There are long, deep canyons, too. They are called It's dark in the deep ocean. trenches. They are in the ocean floor. Some animals make light so they can see in the dark. The deep ocean is cold and dark. We can't swim there. We can't see the ocean floor. With new cameras, we can learn more about the deep ocean. Every day we learn new things about Earth. JIBCL2 [email protected] .. Go to pages 34-35 for activit1i1es.

-~-~-----~-- - ------~~--~-~--- ProQual Virtual Book Club Oxford Read and Discover Level 2 What Is Earth? 3 Com pLete the sentences. day goes ~~ land one .. Read pages 4-5. 1 There are rivers and lakes on Ea rth. 1 Write the words. 2 On the , there are mountains and desert river mountain deserts. OL-eun cloud forest 3 Earth turns every _ _ __ 4 Earth _ _ _ _ around the sun every year. S There's only _ _ _ _ Earth. 1 ocean 2 - - - - 3 _ _ __ 4 Match. Then write the sentences. On Earth, there's ~ in lakes and rivers. There's water is our home. Earth is a land and water. MiLLions of people Live on Earth. 4 ---- 6 _ _ __ Earth planet. 2 CircLe the correct words. 1 On Earth, there's land and water. 1 2 ________________________________~ .2 There are many plan'ets in.space / Earth. 3 3 There's millions / water on Earth. 4 __________________________________ 4 Most of Earth's water is in oceans / forests. S JIBCL2 [email protected] 12

ProQual Virtual Book Club Oxford Read and Discover Level 2 Land 3 CircLe the correct words. .. Read pages 6-7. 1 We live / ocean on the land . 2 The land can be mountains / millions 1 Write the words. Then match. 1 Sfcfli - - or valleys. cliffs 3 A mountain / canyon is a deep valley. 4 The mountains and valleys on Earth aren't / are very old. 5 The land can fall / make into the ocean. 3 alYvle 4 Com pLete the sentences. 2 Find and write the words. 1 The land is under our feet 1 mountain 3 - - -- 5_ _ _ _ (feet / under / our) 4 2 6 _ __ _ 2 The land can - - - - - - - - -- - (snowy / mountains / be) 3 Rivers can - - - - - - - (valleys / deep / make) 4 Acanyon is _ _ _ _ _ __ (valley / a / deep) 5 There's a - - - - - - - (Peru / in / canyon) 6 The mountains on - - - - - - - (old / Earth / are) JIBCL2 [email protected] 13

ProQual Virtual Book Club Oxford Read and Discover Level 2 Water 3 Com pLete the sentences. + Read pages 8-9. cliff oceans swim wind 1 CompLete the puzzLe. 1 When a river comes to a _ _ __ , it makes a waterfall. 1t 2 There's water in rivers, lakes, and - - - - ,m 3 In bad weather, the makes big 5t e waves in the ocean. t 4 You can't - -- - in the ocean when it's 2 Write true orfalse. rough. 1 There's water in rivers. 4 Answer the questions. 2 Most rivers come from oceans. 3 Rain falls, then more water goes 1 Where is there water on Ea rth? into rivers. true On Earth. there's water in rivers. 4 Most rivers go to the ocea n. 5 When the ocean is calm, the waves lak.es. and oceans. are big. 2 Where do most rivers come from? 6 People can swim in the ocean when 3 Where do most rivers go? it's rough. 4 What does a river ma ke when it comes to a cliff? JIBCL2 [email protected] 14

ProQual Virtual Book Club Oxford Read and Discover Level 2 Hot Places 3 Match. the light from the sun is strong. .. Read pages 10-11. 1 There are a lot of 2 Monument Valley is lungfish makes a 1 Write the words. 3 It's hot and hole in the soil. 4 When it's hot, the equator Ea rth su n S Near the equator, sunny in Monument Valley. 1 2 in the USA. 3 hot places near the equator. 2 CircLe the correct words. 4 Answer the questions. 1 Near the equator, it's often summer / hot 1 Where are there a lot of hot places on Eo rth? in winter. 2 Where is Monument Valley? 2 There are many hot deserts / strong near the equator. 3 How is the weather in Monument Valley? 3 When there's no desert / water, the lungfish lives in a hole. 4 Fish can't live in plants / rivers with no 4 What does the lungfish do when it's hot? water. S It's very hot and sunny / coLd in Monument Valley. JIBCL2 [email protected] 15

ProQual Virtual Book Club Oxford Read and Discover Level 2 Cold Places 3 Complete the sentences. .. Read pages 12-13. cold colors snow stand sun winter 1 Write the words. dog electricity 1 It's very _ _ _ _ in the Arctic and the penguin sled Antarctic. -W-- ~ ') - 2 2 In the Arctic and the Antarctic, the light from 1 the is weak. 3 In the Arctic, the is very deep. ~ 4 In the Arctic and the Antarctic, _ _ __ is very long. 3 ~~ S When it's very cold, penguins _ _ __ near their friends. 4 6 Electricity from the sun makes amazing 2 Circle the correct words. _ _ _ _ in the sky. 1 The Arctic is a cold / hot place. 4 Match. amazing colors 2 There's lots of / no snow in the Arctic. in the sky. 3 In the Antarctic, it's hot / dark for six months. 1 In the Arctic, there are penguins. 4 In the Arctic, people can't / can drive their people have are very cold places. cars in deep snow. 2 In the Anta rctic, sleds and dogs. 3 The Arctic a nd the S Penguins live in the Antarctic / Arctic. 6 Penguins stand near their sleds / friends. Antarctic 4 Electricity from the sun makes JIBCL2 [email protected] 16

ProQual Virtual Book Club Oxford Read and Discover Level 2 Wet Places 3 CircLe the correct words. .. Read pages 14-15. 1 Rain is / isn't aLways coLd. 2 In India, it's rainy / sunny from June to 1 Write the words. Then match. September. 3 beuaLrmL 3 In India, the rainy time is called the weather / monsoon. 4 Rainforests are water / wet pLaces. 5 There are flowers in umbrellas / rainforests. 6 There are / aren't amazing pLants in ra inforests. 4 CompLete the sentences. 1 The monsoon _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ (rainy / time / the / is) 2 Find and write the words. 2 It's often hot ___________ ColdrQinyhotweot~et{1.\\onSOonSlJmmer (rainforests / in / rainy / and) 1 3 _ _ __ 5 _ _ __ 3 There are amazing _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ (in / animaLs / rainforests) 4 One rainforest pLant _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ (eat / can / insects) 2 - - - - 4 - - - - 6 - - -- • [email protected] 17 JIBCL2

ProQual Virtual Book Club Oxford Read and Discover Level 2 Under the Land 3 Com pLete the sentences. .. Read pages 16-17. caves find voLcano peopLe rock Water 1 CompLete the puzzLe. 1 PLants - - - - water in so il. It 2t 2 The under the Land is very oLd. 4~ 3 When a erupts, hot rock I--+--+--f--~I---If--' comes out. 5~ 4 When a voLcano erupts, _ _ _ _ are 2 Write true or false. scared. 1 You can't see soiL on the Land. 5 - - - - under the Land can make caves. . 2 PLants live in soil. 6 You can see amazing rock in _ _ __ 3 Deep in Earth, the rock is very coLd. 4 Water ca n ma ke caves. 4 Answer the questions. 5 You can see amazing rock in caves. 6 There are caves in SLovenia. 1 What is under the soiL? 2 How oLd is rock? 3 What comes out when a voLcano erupts? 4 What can you see in caves? JIBCL2 [email protected] 18

ProQual Virtual Book Club Oxford Read and Discover Level 2 In the Ocean 3 Answer the questions. + Read pages 18-19. 1 What a re trenches? 1 Circle the correct words. 2 Is it hot or coLd in the deep ocea n? 1 The ocean is an amazing mountain / place. 4 Complete the puzzle. Find 2 There are millions of fish / people in the secret words. the ocean. l~ r 3 Some animals / millions live in the deep 2~ ocean. 3~ 4 There are / aren't cliffs and mountains in the ocean. 4~ J S It's light / dark in the deep ocean. 5~ J 6 Every day we learn new / old things 6~ about Earth. 7~ 2 Match. 8~ l9~ 10 ~ 11~ 1 There are millions of long, deep canyons. The secret words are: 2 Trenches are dark in the deep 3 Some animals ocean. Ipl I I I I I 4 It's very cold and lEI I I I I plants in the ocean. make light. ~ [email protected] 19 JIBCL2

ProQual Virtual Book Club Oxford Read and Discover Level 2 My Country Poster Information Cards 1 Complete the chart. Write the names 1 Com plete the information ca rds a bout of places, animals, and plants in your amazing places on Earth. country. In My Country PLace Colea Can~on What is it? A River A Lake Where is it? Irs a ean~on. Irs in Peru. PLace What is it? \") Where is it? A Mountain A Forest AnimaLs PLants .. PLace ~ • What is it? Where is it? '- 2 Make more information cards about 2 Make a poster. Find or draw pictures of amazing places on Earth. the places, animals, and plants. Write their names. 3 Display your information cards. 3 Display your poster. JIBCL2 [email protected] 20

ProQual Virtual Book Club Oxford Read and Discover Level 2 Picture Dictionary cave cliffs cloud dark million mountain near ocean deep down Earth planet plants rainforest river forest ~~ fall light •~ rock soil space ~\\~ ! - - ~, \"-. 1..~ insects valley electricity 0 .. land ~\"'- \\ l,r ~ waterfall waves ., .~ melt volcano {il\\ 21 lake [email protected] water JIBCL2

ProQual Virtual Book Club Oxford Read and Discover Level 2 Page 17 Metric measurement Cust omary measurement 34 kilometers 21 miles Series Editor: Hazel Geatches • CLI L Adviser: John Clegg 22 Oxford Read and Discover graded readers are at six levels, for students from age 6 and older. They cover many topics within three subject areas, and support English across the curriculum, or Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLILl. Available for each reader: • Audio CD Pack (book & audio CD ) • Activity Book Teaching notes & CLiL guidance: www.oup.com/ elt/ teacher/ readanddiscover ~Area The World of Science The Natural \"The World of Arts Level World & Technology & Social Studies @ • Eyes • At the Beach • Art • Fruit • Camouflage • Schools 300 • Trees • In the Sky headwords • Wheels • Young Animals ® • Electricity • Earth • Cities • Plastic • Farms • Jobs 450 • Sunny and Rainy • In the Mountains headwords • Your Body • Wild Cats ~ How We Make Products Amazing Minibeasts • Festivals Around Sound and Music • Animals in the Air the World 600 • Super Structures • Life in Rainforests headwords Your Five Senses • Wonderful Water Free Time Around the World @ • All About Plants • All About Desert Life • Animals in Art • How to Stay Healthy • All About Ocean Life • Wonders of the Past 750 • Machines Then and Now • Animals at Night headwords • Why We Recycle • Incredible Earth @) Materials to Products All About Islands Homes Around Medicine Then and Now the World 900 Transportation Then Animal Life Cycles Our World in Art headwords and Now Wild Weather Exploring Our World • Food Around the World Great Migrations • Helping Around ~ • Cells and Microbes . . the World • Clothes Then and Now 1,500 • Incredible Energy • All About Space • Your Amazing Body \\.headwords • Caring for Our Planet • Earth Then and Now • Wonderful Ecosystems Readers in GRAY available 2013 [email protected] JIBCL2