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 \nProtecting  \nh  \nIslands  \nby Karen Alexander  \nChapter I  \nPrecious Islands .  \n……2  \nChapter 2  \nA Coral Wonderland.  \nChapter 3  \nMarine Nursery……  \n..8  \nChapter 4  \nAnimals and People..  \n…………………12  \nRespond to Reading.  \n……………………………………15  \nPAIRED  \nPenguins Go Global………………………16  \nREAD  \nGlossary/Index …………………  \n…………………19  \nSTEM Focus on Science………………  \n…………20  \n## CHAPTER 1\n\n# Precious Islands\n\nA reef shark swims slowly throughthe waters of Maro Reef.Fish chaseone another through the coral.Seabirdsdive into the water.They are lookingfor fish to eat.A turtle paddles past.It is eating seaweed.  \noJames D.Watt/SeaPlcs.com  \nNorthwestern Hawaiian IslandsMarine National Monument  \nMidway  \nKEY  \nMarineNationalMonumentborderHawaiiPacific Ocean  \nThe NWHI Marine National Monument is madeup of land areas,such as islands and atolls,andthe ocean around them.  \nMaro Reef is part of the NorthwesternHawaiian Islands(NWHI).Thousands  \nof animals live there.Many of them arethreatened.Some are even in danger ofbecoming extinct.The islands have beenmade into a national monument.Thatmeans that they are protected.So areall the animals that live there.  \nThe monument is bigger than Missouriand Oklahoma combined.More than  \n7,000 kinds of animals live there.Abouta quarter of them are endemic.Thatmeans that this is the only placein the world they live.  \n## A Special Place\n\nNational monuments recognize that a place is special.Some are buildings.George Washington's home inVirginia is a national monument.Some are naturalfeatures.The huge sequoia trees in California area national monument.  \n## STOPAND CHECK\n\nWhy is the NWHI monumentimportant to the animalsthat live there? 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