Readworks: The History of the Planet

How much has the earth changed in its history?

• a lot

• a little

• not at all

• to enough to notice any difference

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Two effects mentioned in this passage are earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. What is their cause?

• Two effects mentioned in this passage are earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. What is their cause?

• water dripping from one surface onto another

• water dripping from one surface onto another

• the movement of the earth’s outermost layer

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CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

Some of earth’s changes take place too slowly for people to notice them happening. What evidence from the passage supports this statement?

• Changes like earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are not everyday events, but they are easy to spot when they are happening.

• People notice changes glaciers have made to the size and shape of earth’s oceans after the changes have taken place

• Earth’s history goes back billions of years, and a lot of changes, both fast and slow, have taken place over that period of time.

• People sometimes influence earth’s natural processes on purpose by speeding them up, slowing them down, or manipulating them in other ways.

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CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

What is an example of change on earth that people can see happening?

• What is an example of change on earth that people can see happening?

• sand blowing from one part of a beach to another

• tectonic plate movement changing the location and shape of earth’s continents

• tectonic plate movement changing the location and shape of earth’s continents

What is this passage mainly about?

• glaciers and erosion

• landslides and earthquakes

• changes in the earth

• changes in the human body

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Read the following sentences: “Water, wind and ice slowly shape the surface of the earth, constantly moving all around us. Activity just beneath the surface of the earth’s crust creates rapid changes in the shape of the land—that’s where we get volcanoes, landslides and earthquakes. ”What does the word “surface” mean in the sentences above?

• a process that changes the shape of the earth

• an effect that takes many years for people to notice

• the middle or central part of something

• the outer layer or part of something

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Choose the answer that best completes the sentence below. The earth is shaped by the movement of different forces, _______ water, wind, and ice.

• never

• instead

• finally

• including

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

To recognize differences.

• discern

• discuss

• discover

• disco

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

To discover or notice

• explode

• discipline

• investigate

• detect

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The make a difference.

• fight

• influence

• detect

• discern

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.8.4