Eyes

Rob Sved
Read and discover all about eyes ...
• How many eyes does a spider have?
• Can animals see in the dark?
Read and discover more about the world ! This series 01
non -fiction readers provides interesting and edu cat iol1,l1
content, with activities and project work.
Series Editor: Hazel Geatches

Audio CD Pack available

Word count for this reader: 672

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Contents Introduction 3
1 Animal Eyes 4
2 Parts of an Eye 6
3 Eyes at the Front 8
4 Eyes at the Sides 10
5 In Water 12
6 In the Dark 14
7 Many Eyes 16
8 Protect Your Eyes 18
Activities 20
Project 28
Picture Dictionary 30
About Read and Discover 32

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What animals have these eyes?

What color are your eyes?

Now read and discover

more about eyes!
What do animals do with their
e!:)es? The!:) look for food. The duck
looks for food in water.

The gecko has big e!:)es. It can

see well at night. It looks for insects
to eat.

E!:)es help to protect animals from

other animals. The crab has two
e!:)es on top of its bod!:). It can see
big animals, and then it can run
awa!:).

.. Go to page 20 for activities. •

----.,-, ,. Parts of an Eye
Let's look at an e-ye. It has man-y
parts. This is an elephant's e-ye. The
e-yelid and the e-yelashes protect the
e-yeball. There are tears in the e-ye,
too. The e-yelid opens and closes,
and the tears clean the e-ye.

The pupil lets light into the e-ye. This

helps people and animals to see.
When there's lots of light, the pupil
is little. When there's no light, the
pupil is big.

People have tea rs to cleo n

their eyes. People cry tears
when they are sad, too!

.. Go to page 21 for activities. •

 Eyes at the front
People and man!] animals have two
e!]es at the front of their head. This
helps them to see things for awa!].

The hawk can £1!] fast and it can see

ver!] well, too. This helps it to hunt
little animals to eat.

The monke!] has e!]es at the front

of its head. It can jump from tree
to tree and it doesn't fall.
rB- - ..........

Owls have eyes at the front of

their head. Some owls can move
their head around and see behind!

.. Go to page 22 for activities. •

 Eyes at the Sides
Man-y animals have e-yes at the
sides of their head. The-y can see in
front and behind.

The frog has e-yes at the sides of its

head. It can look for insects to eat.
The hammerhead shark has a long,
flat head. It has e-yes at the sides of
its head. When it swims, it can see
all around.
The stalk-e-yed fl-y can see all
around, too. It has e-yes on two
long stalks.
The chameleon sees all around
very well. One eye moves up,
and the other eye moves down!
 In Water
The seal lives on land and in water.
It has big, round e-yes. It can see
ver-y well in water. It hunts fish
to eat.

A SeaL

The flatfish has two e-yes on one

side of its bod-y. It can lie at the
bottom of the ocean and look up.

Fish live in water, and they don't have

eyelids. They don't cLose their eyes!
 In the Dark
At night, some animals sleep.
ManlJ other animals look for food.
The lemur looks for fruit and little
animals to eat. It has big elJes with
It's verlJ dark at the bottom of the
big pupils. It can see verlJ well in
ocean. The flashlight fish has lights
the dark.
under its elJes. This helps it to look
for little fish to eat.

In the dark, cats and dogs have

bright elJes. ThelJ can see verlJ
well. Look at this cat. What color
are its elJes?
 Some insects have very many eyes.
Look at this dragonfly. Each eye is
thousands of little eyes together.

Some animals have many eyes.

Many spiders have six or eight eyes.

The scallop can have more than

50 little eyes! How many of the
eyes can you see here?
 Protect Your Eyes
It's important for animals to
protect their elJes. In the desert
there's a lot of sand. The camel
has long elJ elashes so the sand
doesn't go in its elJes.

!I) !

, ':.CameLs The meercat lives in the desert, too.

It's sunnlJ and windlJ there. Its
elJelids clean the sand from its elJes.
The meercat has black fur around
its elJes. This protects its elJes when
it's sunnlJ.

People wear sunglasses

when it's verlJ sunnlJ.
This protects their
elJes. ElJes are
important.
Remember to
protect them!
.. Go to page 27 for activities.
 Animal Eyes Parts of an Eye
+ Read pages 4-5. + Read pages 6-7.
1 Write the words. Then match. 1 Write the words.

1 brca ~ e~c~l;C§ eyelid tears eyeball pupil

craL~ 1 eyelashes
2 kcego 2 _ _ __
3
4 _ _ __
5
4 Cdku

2 Write true or false.

2 CompLete the sentences. 1 Tears clean the eye. true
2 The pupil doesn't let light into
see I:tx7k top big
the eye.
1 Animals look for food with their eyes. 3 When there's lots of light, the
2 The gecko has _ _ _ _ eyes. pupil is big.
3 The gecko can well at night. 4 People cry when they are sad.
4 The crab has eyes on of its body.
 Eyes at the front Eyes at the Sides
+ Read pages 8-9. + Read pages 10-11. stalk-eyed fly
hammerhead shark
1 Find and write the words. 1 Write the words. frog cha meleon
a 0 w l r g
J u m p t k
a 0 h s a t
m n Kb a w i) 1 2
p h u n t u
m 0 n k e y 1 hawk 2 m

T 3
~ 4
•
3 h 4 0
---- 5 J
2 CircLe the correct words.
2 Match.
1 The hammerhead shark has a long,
jump from tree
to tree. (flaDI round head.
1 The hawk ca n
2 People have eyes turn their head 2 The frog has eyes at the sides of its
around. body I head.
3 The monkey can
at the front of 3 The stalk-eyed fly has eyes on two I four
4 Some owls ca n their head.
long sta lks.
fly fast.
4 The chameleon can I can't see all around.
 In Water In the Dark
.. Read pages 12-13. .. Read pages 14-15.

1 Write true or false. 1 CompLete the sentences.

1 The seal Lives on land and in water. pupils Lights dark dogs
2 The seal hunts insects to eat.
1 The lemur has big eyes with big _ _ __
3 The flatfish can Lie at the bottom
2 At the bottom of the ocean it's very
of the ocea n.
4 Fish have eyelids.
3 The flashlight fish has under
2 Find and write the words. its eyes.
f "seaLw t 4 Cats and have bright eyes in
~andeyest\'o~ \s a e, the dark.

2 Read and compLete the pictures.

~

1 2 _ _ __ 3 ----

1 The lemur has big eyes with big pupils.

2 The flashlight fish has Lights under its eyes.
4 ocean 5 ----
6 _ _ __ 3 In the dark, this cat has yeLLow eyes.
 Many Eyes Protect Your Eyes
+ Read pages 16-17. + Read pages 18-19.
1 Write the words. 1 Write the words.
scallop spider dragonfly

1 2 _ _ __ 3 _ _ __

2 Complete the sentences.

six or eight thousands more than 50 ~o
-~
'
,
1 Many spiders have eyes.
\

2 The scallop has eyes. 4 urf 5 dnYiw

3 The dragonfly has of eyes.

3 Find and write the words. 2 How do they protect their eyes? Match.

insectsan imalsb\geyesUttle many 1 people long eyelashes

2 meercats sunglasses
1 3 5
3 camels fur around the eyes
2 4 6
 2 Write about your eyes.
My Eyes
,\\\,\,\,\,\\,\,\,\\\\\,\,\
1 Look in a mirror and draw your eyes.
How many eyes do you have?
Write the pa rts.
I have
eyeball eyelashes pupil eyelid
What color are your eyes?

Are your eyes big or little?

Are your eyes at the front or at the sides?

Can you see in water?

Can you see in the dark?

What protects your eyes?

Picture Dictionary

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animaLs around behind bottom fruit hunt insects Land

bright cLean cry dark Light night ocean peopLe

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desert down faLL far protect sand sides sLeep

fLat food front tears thousand top up

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