Rocking and Rolling Comprehension
  • 1. Cracks in the block mountains are called _____.
A) bumps
B) plates
C) humps
D) faults
  • 2. How hot is the center of the earth?
A) 9 degrees F
B) 90 degrees F
C) 9,000 degrees F
D) 900 degrees F
  • 3. The outermost layer of the earth is the crust. What is the next layer called?
A) plate
B) mantle
C) inner core
D) outer core
  • 4. What is the magma like?
A) an exploding bomb
B) the back of an elephant
C) gooey oatmeal
D) a jigsaw puzzle
  • 5. Which sentence tells something true about the earth?
A) There are no mountains under the ocean.
B) The earth's plates have drifted apart.
C) People have dug to the center of the earth.
D) The earth's crust is made of metal.
  • 6. An earthquake is cause 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 another plate
  • 7. 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) shoot up like flames from a fire
D) work outward like ripples from a stone thrown in a lake
  • 8. How many earthquakes cause damage?
A) none of them
B) a few of them
C) all of them
D) most of them
  • 9. All of the following are types of mountains except_________.
A) dome
B) fold
C) block
D) ridge
  • 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) a flood
B) an explosion
C) a blizzard
D) sandpaper
  • 12. Why did the author write this article?
A) to scare people
B) to explain weather
C) to warn people about dangerous places to live
D) to explain what is happening to the earth
  • 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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