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Rocking and Rolling Comprehension
Contributed by: Moore
  • 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) 9,000 degrees F
D) 90 degrees F
  • 3. The outermost layer of the earth is the crust. What is the next layer called?
A) inner core
B) mantle
C) outer core
D) plate
  • 4. What is the magma like?
A) gooey oatmeal
B) a jigsaw puzzle
C) an exploding bomb
D) the back of an elephant
  • 5. Which sentence tells something true about the earth?
A) There are no mountains under the ocean.
B) People have dug to the center of the earth.
C) The earth's crust is made of metal.
D) The earth's plates have drifted apart.
  • 6. An earthquake is cause by ______.
A) a huge wave traveling miles through the ocean
B) a place underground breaking away from another plate
C) magma forcing the earth's crust into a dome
D) outer layers of the earth pressing down on the inner core
  • 7. The shocks from an earthquake _______.
A) work outward like ripples from a stone thrown in a lake
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) shoot up like flames from a fire
  • 8. How many earthquakes cause damage?
A) a few of them
B) most of them
C) all of them
D) none of them
  • 9. All of the following are types of mountains except_________.
A) dome
B) block
C) fold
D) ridge
  • 10. Mount Everest will grow taller because ______.
A) India continues to push northward
B) it sits on cracks in a plate
C) wind will shape huge ridges
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) a flood
B) sandpaper
C) a blizzard
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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