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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) 9,000 degrees F
B) 90 degrees F
C) 9 degrees F
D) 900 degrees F
  • 3. The outermost layer of the earth is the crust. What is the next layer called?
A) outer core
B) mantle
C) plate
D) inner core
  • 4. What is the magma like?
A) an exploding bomb
B) the back of an elephant
C) a jigsaw puzzle
D) gooey oatmeal
  • 5. Which sentence tells something true about the earth?
A) People have dug to the center of the earth.
B) There are no mountains under the ocean.
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) outer layers of the earth pressing down on the inner core
D) magma forcing the earth's crust into a dome
  • 7. The shocks from an earthquake _______.
A) build up a wall of mud sliding into a building
B) shoot up like flames from a fire
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) most of them
B) none of them
C) all of them
D) a few of them
  • 9. All of the following are types of mountains except_________.
A) fold
B) block
C) ridge
D) dome
  • 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) it sits on cracks in a plate
D) India continues to push northward
  • 11. The author compares the power of wind erosion to that of ____.
A) a blizzard
B) sandpaper
C) a flood
D) an explosion
  • 12. Why did the author write this article?
A) to explain weather
B) to explain what is happening to the earth
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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