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