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Tsunamis & Coral Reefs

Tsunamis & Coral Reefs
Reading Level
     edHelper's suggested reading level:   grades 3 to 4
     Flesch-Kincaid grade level:   5.03

Vocabulary
     challenging words:    reefs, ashore, underwater, easily, quake, stirred, region, waves, earthquake, murky, giant, among, several, coast, debris, frail
     content words:    Indian Ocean

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Tsunamis & Coral Reefs
By Vickie Chao 		  
1     On December 26, 2004, there was a big earthquake off the coast of Sumatra. Sumatra is a large island in the Indian Ocean. It belongs to Indonesia. The quake shook the ocean floor forcefully. It sent out waves. These waves, called tsunamis, spread out from the center of the quake to all directions. As they came ashore, they grew higher rapidly. Eventually, they looked like giant "water walls"! Once these giant "water walls" hit the land, they broke and ruined everything they touched.
 
2     On land, many people died, and more lost their homes.
 
3     Underwater, coral reefs were gone, too.

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