Rocking and Rolling Test
  • 1. What is the genre of "Rocking and Rolling"?
A) fantasy
B) expository nonfiction
C) expository fiction
D) science fiction
  • 2. What are the four layers of the earth?
A) crust, rock, liquid, solid
B) crust, metal, magma, core
C) crust, mantle, magma, core
D) crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
  • 3. What is magma?
A) red stuff that runs down the side of a volcano
B) the fourth layer of the earth
C) a synonym of mantle
D) very hot, partly melted rock inside the earth
  • 4. What is the difference between the two layers of the earth's core?
A) The outer core is runny liquid, and the inner core is solid.
B) All layers of the core are hot like oatmeal.
C) The core really has three layers: the inner core, the middle core, and the outer core.
D) The outer core is solid, while the inner core is liquid.
  • 5. It is possible to dig to the center of the earth.
A) True
B) False
  • 6. In your reading you saw a picture of the layers of the earth, and each layer was labeled. What text feature is this an example of?
A) caption
B) diagram
C) chart
D) title
  • 7. "If all the oceans disappeared, Earth would look just like a jigsaw puzzle made up of lots of big pieces."

    What is another name for these puzzle pieces?
A) plates
B) shapes
C) sliders
D) slices
  • 8. Which of the following is NOT true about tectonic plates?
A) There are about 20 of them.
B) They are always moving.
C) They float on the earth's mantle.
D) They used to be all stacked up on top of each other.
  • 9. What happens when plates move apart?
A) Tectonic plates do not move apart. They only move closer together
B) Magma fills the gap between the plates and forms new volcanoes.
C) There is a large gap in the ground all the way to the core of the earth.
D) Magma fills the gap between the plates, hardens, and forms new land.
  • 10. What is one thing that can happen when two plates move toward each other?
A) Tectonic plates never push into each other.
B) The plates may completely disappear into the magma.
C) The plates may crumple up to form a range of mountains.
D) Tectonic plates never move toward each other.
  • 11. Earth's plates are still drifting.
A) False
B) True
  • 12. What is an epicenter?
A) an epic movement in the ground
B) the center of the earth
C) the spot where a tsunami hits the land
D) the place on earth's surface that is right above the point where an earthquake begins
  • 13. The outermost layer of the earth is the crust. What is the next layer called?
A) inner core
B) outer core
C) mantle
D) plate
  • 14. Cracks in the block mountains are called _____.
A) faults
B) humps
C) bumps
D) plates
  • 15. Which sentence tells something true about the earth?
A) People have dug to the center of the earth.
B) There are no mountains under the ocean.
C) The earth's crust is made of metal.
D) The earth's plates have drifted apart.
  • 16. An earthquake is caused by ______.
A) a place underground breaking away from a plate
B) a huge wave traveling miles through the ocean
C) outer layers of the earth pressing down on the inner core
D) magma forcing the earth's crust into a dome
  • 17. The shocks from an earthquake _______.
A) work outward like ripples from a stone thrown in a lake
B) shoot up like flames from a fire
C) go around in circles like a ball at the end of a string
D) build up a wall of mud sliding into a building
  • 18. Which of the following is NOT a type of mountain?
A) dome
B) ridge
C) fold
D) block
  • 19. Which mountain range is Mount Everest a part of?
A) the Apalachians
B) the Himalayas
C) the Rockies
D) the Sierra Nevada
  • 20. The author compares the power of wind erosion to that of ____.
A) a blizzard
B) sandpaper
C) a flood
D) an explosion
  • 21. Why did the author write this article?
A) to scare people
B) to warn people about dangerous places to live
C) to explain what is happening to the earth
D) to explain weather
  • 22. How is a tsunami made?
A) By wind blowing over the sea
B) By boats leaving big wakes
C) By large fish flapping their fins
D) By an earthquake
  • 23. Which letter in the word "tsunami" is silent?
A) N
B) A
C) S
D) T
  • 24. A ship in the ocean would see a tsunami coming because the wall of water is so tall.
A) False. The wall of water would be so big that the ship would not see it.
B) False. On the ocean, the tsunami may only be a few inches above the water's surface.
C) True. The Wall of water is huge enough that the ship could call for help.
D) True. A tsunami makes many huge waves that a ship would surely see and feel.
  • 25. ____________ mountains form when part of the crust is forced up between two cracks in a plate.
A) Hill
B) Fold
C) Dome
D) Block
  • 26. ____________ mountains form when magma bulges up beneath the crust. This forces the crust up into a large rounded hump.
A) Fold
B) Dome
C) Hill
D) Block
  • 27. ____________ mountains form when the earth's plates crunch into one another, and layers of the crust are pushed up into loops and bumps.
A) Hill
B) Fold
C) Block
D) Dome
  • 28. What does "coast" mean in this sentence:

    "But as it rolls onto the shallower water near the coast, the tsunami is forced upward into a gigantic wall of water."
A) Land that is along the sea
B) Where two edges meet together
C) A small river or pond
D) A sunny place
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