Rocking and Rolling Comprehension
  • 1. Cracks in the block mountains are called _____.
A) plates
B) bumps
C) faults
D) humps
  • 2. How hot is the center of the earth?
A) 9 degrees F
B) 900 degrees F
C) 90 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) plate
C) outer core
D) inner core
  • 4. What is the magma like?
A) the back of an elephant
B) a jigsaw puzzle
C) an exploding bomb
D) gooey oatmeal
  • 5. Which sentence tells something true about the earth?
A) The earth's crust is made of metal.
B) There are no mountains under the ocean.
C) The earth's plates have drifted apart.
D) People have dug to the center of the earth.
  • 6. An earthquake is cause by ______.
A) magma forcing the earth's crust into a dome
B) outer layers of the earth pressing down on the inner core
C) a huge wave traveling miles through the ocean
D) a place underground breaking away from another plate
  • 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) a few of them
B) none of them
C) most of them
D) all of them
  • 9. All of the following are types of mountains except_________.
A) fold
B) dome
C) ridge
D) block
  • 10. Mount Everest will grow taller because ______.
A) India continues to push northward
B) magma will bulge up under the crust and cause a bump
C) wind will shape huge ridges
D) it sits on cracks in a plate
  • 11. The author compares the power of wind erosion to that of ____.
A) a blizzard
B) a flood
C) sandpaper
D) an explosion
  • 12. Why did the author write this article?
A) to explain weather
B) to scare people
C) to explain what is happening to the earth
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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