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Rocking and Rolling Comprehension
Contributed by: Moore
  • 1. Cracks in the block mountains are called _____.
A) faults
B) humps
C) plates
D) bumps
  • 2. How hot is the center of the earth?
A) 900 degrees F
B) 9,000 degrees F
C) 9 degrees F
D) 90 degrees F
  • 3. The outermost layer of the earth is the crust. What is the next layer called?
A) outer core
B) mantle
C) inner core
D) plate
  • 4. What is the magma like?
A) a jigsaw puzzle
B) gooey oatmeal
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) The earth's crust is made of metal.
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) outer layers of the earth pressing down on the inner core
B) magma forcing the earth's crust into a dome
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) work outward like ripples from a stone thrown in a lake
C) build up a wall of mud sliding into a building
D) go around in circles like a ball at the end of a string
  • 8. How many earthquakes cause damage?
A) a few of them
B) most of them
C) none of them
D) all of them
  • 9. All of the following are types of mountains except_________.
A) block
B) ridge
C) dome
D) fold
  • 10. Mount Everest will grow taller because ______.
A) magma will bulge up under the crust and cause a bump
B) wind will shape huge ridges
C) India continues to push northward
D) it sits on cracks in a plate
  • 11. The author compares the power of wind erosion to that of ____.
A) an explosion
B) a blizzard
C) sandpaper
D) a flood
  • 12. Why did the author write this article?
A) to explain what is happening to the earth
B) to scare people
C) to warn people about dangerous places to live
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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