Rocking and Rolling Comprehension
  • 1. Cracks in the block mountains are called _____.
A) bumps
B) plates
C) faults
D) humps
  • 2. How hot is the center of the earth?
A) 9 degrees F
B) 9,000 degrees F
C) 90 degrees F
D) 900 degrees F
  • 3. The outermost layer of the earth is the crust. What is the next layer called?
A) mantle
B) inner core
C) outer core
D) plate
  • 4. What is the magma like?
A) a jigsaw puzzle
B) the back of an elephant
C) an exploding bomb
D) gooey oatmeal
  • 5. Which sentence tells something true about the earth?
A) People have dug to the center of the earth.
B) The earth's crust is made of metal.
C) The earth's plates have drifted apart.
D) There are no mountains under the ocean.
  • 6. An earthquake is cause by ______.
A) a place underground breaking away from another plate
B) outer layers of the earth pressing down on the inner core
C) a huge wave traveling miles through the ocean
D) magma forcing the earth's crust into a dome
  • 7. The shocks from an earthquake _______.
A) shoot up like flames from a fire
B) build up a wall of mud sliding into a building
C) go around in circles like a ball at the end of a string
D) work outward like ripples from a stone thrown in a lake
  • 8. How many earthquakes cause damage?
A) a few of them
B) all of them
C) none of them
D) most of them
  • 9. All of the following are types of mountains except_________.
A) dome
B) block
C) ridge
D) fold
  • 10. Mount Everest will grow taller because ______.
A) India continues to push northward
B) wind will shape huge ridges
C) it sits on cracks in a plate
D) magma will bulge up under the crust and cause a bump
  • 11. The author compares the power of wind erosion to that of ____.
A) sandpaper
B) a blizzard
C) a flood
D) an explosion
  • 12. Why did the author write this article?
A) to warn people about dangerous places to live
B) to explain what is happening to the earth
C) to scare people
D) to explain weather
  • 13. Why is there a National Disaster Prevention Day every year in Japan?
  • 14. What occurs when an earthquake happens under land? under water?
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