Acevedo-Literacy Week 27

Open Ended

How much energy is released when blocks of rock that were stuck break and slip past each other?

Multiple Select

Circle the two answers that correctly complete the following statement.

• the ground to shake, heave, sway, and lurch during an earthquake

• a fault to form in Earth's crust

• most tsunamis

• the most earthquake damage

Open Ended

Share one new fact you learned about tsunamis. Use text evidence to support your answer.

Open Ended

Describe a specific example of how and why the eruption of a volcano affectes the weather.

Categorize

Options (6)

tremendous pressure and heat in the mantle

magma erupts as lava

forces magma in the chamber

a new layer of rock forms after lava erupts

underneath the crust

volcano gets bigger and bigger

What happens below Earth’s surface to form a volcano? What happens above surface to form a volcano?

below Earth's surface

above Earth's surface

Open Ended

What are the differences between active, dormant, and extinct volcanoes?

Open Ended

Why do you think volcanoes, geysers, and hot springs are common along plate boundaries and above hotspots? Use text evidence to support your answer.

Multiple Choice

Why might Pele have decided to find a new home?

• Pele and her sister were bitter enemies.

• Pele and her sister loved each other.

• Pele and her sister wanted to live together.

• Pele and her sister were sad to be apart.

Open Ended

What natural occurrence is being explained in this passage?

Multiple Choice

What volcanic activity does the passage explain?

• volcanic formations

• magma chambers

• volcanic eruption

• hotspots

Open Ended

Why was the story of Pele important to the people of Hawaii?

Multiple Choice

Where are rocks found in nature?

• Earth's crust

• streambeds

• mountains

• hills

• all the above

Multiple Choice

Why was obsidian a prized material for ancient tool makers?

• used it for cutting and piercing

• used it for cooking

• used it for drawing

• used it for jewelry

Match

Match the following

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

• igneous rock

form over time and are compacted

form with extreme heat and pressure

form when lava cools and hardens

• form over time and are compacted

• form with extreme heat and pressure

• form when lava cools and hardens

Open Ended

What is the rock cycle?

Open Ended

How does physical weathering change rocks and provide one example of physical weathering.

Open Ended

How does chemical weathering change rocks and provide one example of chemical weathering.

Multiple Choice

How does wind cause weathering and erosion?

• Geologists pick up sediments and carry them away, depositing them on land or in water.

• Rocks are constantly moving from one place to another.

• The rocks from place to place on their own.

• Wind picks up sediments and carries them away, depositing them on land or in water.

Open Ended

How do weathering and erosion continually reshape Earth's surface?