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Animals in Motion

Animals in Motion
Reading Level
     edHelper's suggested reading level:   grades 3 to 5
     Flesch-Kincaid grade level:   3.8

Vocabulary
     challenging words:    cheetahs, fliers, marathon, midair, peregrine, arctic, whales, believe, seconds, freestyle, fastest, height, longer, speed, minutes, move
     content words:    Michael Johnson, Commonwealth Games, New York

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Animals in Motion   
1     Do you believe animals can move better than we can? It is true. Read on to see why!
 
2     Michael Johnson is the fastest human on Earth. When he ran the 200-meter race at the 1996 Olympics, he did it in 19.32 seconds. That amazing speed is his personal best. It is also the world record. If cheetahs had joined in, Michael Johnson would have lost the race and the gold medal. That is because cheetahs would have crossed the finish line 13 seconds before Michael Johnson.
 
3     So we are not very good runners. How do we do in other ways of moving around?

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