New Map Shows Rocky Reefs on the United States West Coast
In the app: the whole story at your level, listening, the quiz and the word cards.
The same story at six levels
How the first sentence reads at every level, from A1 to C2.
- A1
United States scientists created a new dataset.
- A2
Scientists from the United States Geological Survey created a dataset.
- B1
Researchers from the United States Geological Survey have created a new dataset.
- B2
Researchers from the United States Geological Survey, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and partner groups have created a new dataset.
- C1
Researchers from the United States Geological Survey, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and partner groups created a new dataset mapping rocky reef habitats along the United States West Coast.
- C2
An updated map of rocky reefs—hard areas on the bottom of the sea—along the United States West Coast has emerged in the form of a newly created dataset, published in the journal Scientific Data.
Key words
Words from the B1 text, with their meaning.
- dataset
- A collection of related information organized for analysis.
- habitat
- The natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.
- stretch
- To extend or spread over an area or a period of time.
- shoreline
- The line where a large body of water meets the land.
- gather
- To collect things together from different places.
- unevenly
- In a way that is not regular, equal, or flat.
Rewritten with AI from facts reported by USGS. Read the original for the full report.