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Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
A Reading A–Z Level H Leveled BookWord Count: 159
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Written by Mike Stark
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
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LEVELED BOOK • H
What can you see at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park?
Focus Question
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Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Photo Credits:Front cover, back cover: © Toshi Sasaki/Stone/Getty Images; title page: © Simon Fraser/Science Photo Library/Getty Images; pages 3, 15 (main): courtesy of NPS/J. Wei; page 4: courtesy of NPS; page 5: © Andreus/Dreamstime.com; page 6 (top): © Mary Van de Ven/Perspectives/Getty Images; page 6 (bottom): Greg Vaughn/Alamy Stock Photo; page 7 (top): © Carini Joe/Perspectives/Getty Images; page 7 (bottom): courtesy of U.S. Department of Interior, U.S. Geological Survey; page 8: © Ann Cecil/Lonely Planet Images/Getty Images; page 9: courtesy of Janet Babb, U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory; page 10 (main): © Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group/Getty Images; page 10 (inset): Andre Jenny/Alamy Stock Photo; page 11: imageBROKER/Alamy Stock Photo; page 12 (top left): © Darlyne A. Murawski/National Geographic/Getty Images; pages 12 (top right), 14: © George Rose/Getty Images News/Getty Image; page 12 (bottom left): © Jack Jeffrey/BIA/Minden Pictures; page 12 (bottom right): Photo Resource Hawaii/Alamy Stock Photo; page 13 (top left): Art Directors & TRIP/Alamy Stock Photo; page 13 (top right): © Karl Lehmann/Lonely Planet Images/Getty Images; page 13 (bottom left): © Ted Soqui/Corbis Historical/Getty Images; page 13 (bottom right): © iStock.com/Srongkrod; page 15 (inset): © iStock.com/Noshira
Words to Know
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national parkprotectedtunnels
CorrelationLEVEL H
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Fountas & PinnellReading Recovery
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Hawaii Volcanoes National ParkLevel H Leveled Book© Learning A–ZWritten by Mike Stark
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Table of Contents
A Volcano Wonderland . . . . . . . . 4
Volcanoes Form a Park . . . . . . . . . 5
An Amazing History . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Wildlife at the Volcanoes’ Edge . . 12
Enjoy—But Watch Your Step! . . . . 14
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park • Level H 4
A Volcano Wonderland
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
is on an island in Hawaii.
A national park is protected land.
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Two famous volcanoes are in the park.
PACIFIC OCEAN
Kilauea
Mauna Loa
park border
PACIFIC OCEAN
Hawaii
ATLANTIC OCEAN
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Volcanoes Form a Park
A volcano begins with hot, melted
rocks deep in the Earth.
The rocks push up through
the ground.
Then the rocks cool.
Over time, the rocks build
up into volcanoes.
Inside a Volcano
lava
melted rock
volcano
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park • Level H 6
Two special volcanoes are in Hawaii
Volcanoes National Park.
Kilauea volcano
Mauna Loa volcano
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Leaping Lava
In 1959, one volcano shot lava higher in the air than the Eiffel Tower!
One volcano in the park
is very active.
A river of lava flows from one volcano.
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park • Level H 8
Another volcano in the park
is very big.
One of the park’s volcanoes seen far away is covered in snow.
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An Amazing History
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
is 520 square miles (1 ,347 sq km).
People have come to see the
volcanoes for a long time.
A lava lake sits at the top of one volcano in the park.
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park • Level H 10
The land became a national park
in 1916.
President Woodrow Wilson made the land a national park on August 1 , 1916.
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There are volcanoes
and lava tubes.
Lava tubes are big tunnels
under the ground.
People can walk through them.
A visitor walks through a lava tube in the park.
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park • Level H 12
Wildlife at the Volcanoes’ Edge
Hundreds of animals are
protected in the park.
green caterpil lar
Hawaiian happy-face spiderapapane
nene
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Hundreds of plants are
protected in the park.
ohia lehua tree
fern silversword
mamane
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park • Level H 14
Enjoy—But Watch Your Step!
People can hike or camp
in the park.
The park is home to beautiful forests.
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When the volcanoes are active,
parts of the park close.
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
is fun to visit.
Visitors see the park change before their eyes.
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park • Level H 16
Glossaryactive (adj.) in a state of activity (p. 7)
lava (n.) melted, liquid rock that
flows from an opening
in Earth’s surface (p. 11)
melted changed to a liquid as a
(adj.) result of heating (p. 5)
national An area of land protected
park (n.) by the government for its
history and natural beauty
(p. 4)
protected guarded from danger
(adj.) (p. 4)
tunnels (n.) underground passages
(p. 11)