Scientists Check the Top of Kīlauea Volcano
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The same story at six levels
How the first sentence reads at every level, from A1 to C2.
- A1
Scientists fly over Kīlauea.
- A2
On September 18, 2026, scientists flew over Kīlauea.
- B1
On September 18, 2026, scientists from the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory flew over the Kīlauea volcano.
- B2
On September 18, 2026, scientists from the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory conducted a monitoring flight over the summit of the Kīlauea volcano.
- C1
To understand the ongoing volcanic activity of the Kīlauea volcano, scientists routinely track changes in its craters, gas emissions, and lava flows.
- C2
To understand the ongoing volcanic activity of Kīlauea, scientists routinely track the changes in its craters, gas emissions, and lava flows.
Key words
Words from the B1 text, with their meaning.
- monitor
- Watching and checking something carefully over a period of time
- summit
- The highest point of a mountain or volcano
- crater
- A large hole in the top of a volcano
- erupt
- When a volcano throws out smoke, fire, and melted rocks
- vent
- Holes that let gas, liquid, or air pass through
- escape
- Getting out of a place where something is kept or held
Rewritten with AI from facts reported by USGS. Read the original for the full report.