Rocking and Rolling Comprehension
  • 1. The molten material beneath the earth's crust is _________________.
A) magma
B) peak
C) range
D) epicenter
  • 2. When I help with frosting the cookies, I make sure icing is placed right up to the ________________ of each cookie.
A) range
B) edges
C) magma
D) coast
  • 3. Do you know which mountain _____________ is the longest in the world?
A) range
B) coast
C) coast
D) epicenter
  • 4. During a recent earthquake, our town was only ten miles north of the earthquake's _________________.
A) range
B) plates
C) magma
D) epicenter
  • 5. There are many beautiful beaches along the Florida ____________.
A) peak
B) magma
C) coast
D) epicenter
  • 6. Mount McKinley is the highest mountain ___________ in North America.
A) magma
B) edges
C) peak
D) coast
  • 7. Cracks in the block mountains are called _____.
A) bumps
B) faults
C) humps
D) plates
  • 8. 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
  • 9. 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
  • 10. What is the magma like?
A) the back of an elephant
B) gooey oatmeal
C) a jigsaw puzzle
D) an exploding bomb
  • 11. Which sentence tells something true about the earth?
A) The earth's plates have drifted apart.
B) The earth's crust is made of metal.
C) People have dug to the center of the earth.
D) There are no mountains under the ocean.
  • 12. An earthquake is cause by ______.
A) a place underground breaking away from another plate
B) outer layers of the earth pressing down on the inner core
C) a huge wave traveling miles through the ocean
D) magma forcing the earth's crust into a dome
  • 13. The shocks from an earthquake _______.
A) go around in circles like a ball at the end of a string
B) build up a wall of mud sliding into a building
C) work outward like ripples from a stone thrown in a lake
D) shoot up like flames from a fire
  • 14. How many earthquakes cause damage?
A) none of them
B) all of them
C) most of them
D) a few of them
  • 15. All of the following are types of mountains except_________.
A) block
B) dome
C) fold
D) ridge
  • 16. Mount Everest will grow taller because ______.
A) wind will shape huge ridges
B) it sits on a crack
C) India continues to push northward
D) magma will bulge up under the crust and cause a bump
  • 17. The author compares the power of wind erosion to that of ____.
A) a blizzard
B) sandpaper
C) a flood
D) an explosion
  • 18. Why did the author write this article?
A) to warn people about dangerous places to live
B) to scare people
C) to explain weather
D) to explain what is happening to the earth
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