Rocking and Rolling Test
  • 1. What is the genre of "Rocking and Rolling"?
A) expository fiction
B) fantasy
C) science fiction
D) expository nonfiction
  • 2. What are the four layers of the earth?
A) crust, metal, magma, core
B) crust, rock, liquid, solid
C) crust, mantle, magma, core
D) crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
  • 3. What is magma?
A) a synonym of mantle
B) very hot, partly melted rock inside the earth
C) red stuff that runs down the side of a volcano
D) the fourth layer of the earth
  • 4. What is the difference between the two layers of the earth's core?
A) The outer core is runny liquid, and the inner core is solid.
B) All layers of the core are hot like oatmeal.
C) The core really has three layers: the inner core, the middle core, and the outer core.
D) The outer core is solid, while the inner core is liquid.
  • 5. It is possible to dig to the center of the earth.
A) True
B) False
  • 6. In your reading you saw a picture of the layers of the earth, and each layer was labeled. What text feature is this an example of?
A) chart
B) caption
C) title
D) diagram
  • 7. "If all the oceans disappeared, Earth would look just like a jigsaw puzzle made up of lots of big pieces."

    What is another name for these puzzle pieces?
A) shapes
B) sliders
C) slices
D) plates
  • 8. Which of the following is NOT true about tectonic plates?
A) They used to be all stacked up on top of each other.
B) They float on the earth's mantle.
C) There are about 20 of them.
D) They are always moving.
  • 9. What happens when plates move apart?
A) Magma fills the gap between the plates and forms new volcanoes.
B) Tectonic plates do not move apart. They only move closer together
C) There is a large gap in the ground all the way to the core of the earth.
D) Magma fills the gap between the plates, hardens, and forms new land.
  • 10. What is one thing that can happen when two plates move toward each other?
A) The plates may crumple up to form a range of mountains.
B) The plates may completely disappear into the magma.
C) Tectonic plates never push into each other.
D) Tectonic plates never move toward each other.
  • 11. Earth's plates are still drifting.
A) True
B) False
  • 12. What is an epicenter?
A) the spot where a tsunami hits the land
B) an epic movement in the ground
C) the place on earth's surface that is right above the point where an earthquake begins
D) the center of the earth
  • 13. 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
  • 14. Cracks in the block mountains are called _____.
A) humps
B) faults
C) plates
D) bumps
  • 15. 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) There are no mountains under the ocean.
D) People have dug to the center of the earth.
  • 16. An earthquake is caused by ______.
A) a huge wave traveling miles through the ocean
B) outer layers of the earth pressing down on the inner core
C) magma forcing the earth's crust into a dome
D) a place underground breaking away from a plate
  • 17. 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
  • 18. Which of the following is NOT a type of mountain?
A) fold
B) dome
C) ridge
D) block
  • 19. Which mountain range is Mount Everest a part of?
A) the Apalachians
B) the Himalayas
C) the Sierra Nevada
D) the Rockies
  • 20. The author compares the power of wind erosion to that of ____.
A) an explosion
B) a flood
C) a blizzard
D) sandpaper
  • 21. Why did the author write this article?
A) to explain weather
B) to warn people about dangerous places to live
C) to explain what is happening to the earth
D) to scare people
  • 22. How is a tsunami made?
A) By large fish flapping their fins
B) By boats leaving big wakes
C) By wind blowing over the sea
D) By an earthquake
  • 23. Which letter in the word "tsunami" is silent?
A) N
B) A
C) S
D) T
  • 24. A ship in the ocean would see a tsunami coming because the wall of water is so tall.
A) True. The Wall of water is huge enough that the ship could call for help.
B) False. The wall of water would be so big that the ship would not see it.
C) False. On the ocean, the tsunami may only be a few inches above the water's surface.
D) True. A tsunami makes many huge waves that a ship would surely see and feel.
  • 25. ____________ mountains form when part of the crust is forced up between two cracks in a plate.
A) Hill
B) Dome
C) Fold
D) Block
  • 26. ____________ mountains form when magma bulges up beneath the crust. This forces the crust up into a large rounded hump.
A) Block
B) Hill
C) Fold
D) Dome
  • 27. ____________ mountains form when the earth's plates crunch into one another, and layers of the crust are pushed up into loops and bumps.
A) Dome
B) Block
C) Hill
D) Fold
  • 28. What does "coast" mean in this sentence:

    "But as it rolls onto the shallower water near the coast, the tsunami is forced upward into a gigantic wall of water."
A) A sunny place
B) Land that is along the sea
C) Where two edges meet together
D) A small river or pond
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