ERUPTION! Review for Test

What is the genre of ERUPTION! by Elizabeth Rusch?

• Biography

• Narrative nonfiction

• Historical fiction

• Fable

Narrative nonfiction gives...

• narration of a newspaper article on the weather forecast.

• a guide to poetic forms.

• factual information by telling a story.

• content area vocabulary words and definitions.

How does the author of ERUPTION! structure this text?

• in sequential, or chronological order with photos

• by explaining causes and effects

• by grouping main ideas and key details

• in scenes to develop the characters

What is the setting of ERUPTION! ?

• The setting takes place in 1991, in the Philippines.

• The setting takes place in Alaska in the year 1991.

• The setting is Mount Pinatubo, a volcano.

• The setting is sunrise on a plantation in the south.

What was the reason VDAP Scientists, Chris Newhall, Andy Lockhart, and Rick Hoblitt, set out to try and predict Mount Pinatubo's next move?

• They wanted to go to the Philippines.

• They wanted to climb Mount Pinatubo.

• Mount Pinatubo was being turned into a housing development and they wanted to oversee the project.

• Steam was shooting from Mount Pinatubo and they knew it was serious.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What caused a landslide, minor tremors, and steam emissions from old vents on Mount Pinatubo?

• a tsunami

• a wildfire

• an earthquake

• hurricane

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What efforts were made by scientists to save lives prior to/during the Mount Pinatubo eruption? Choose the TWO correct answers.

• They sent airplanes to rescue the animals that were living near the volcano.

• They told the residents to watch for a typhoon.

• They told the residents to find the nearest cave to hide in until the eruption was over.

• Communities and villages believed to be in harm's way were evacuated.

When were 10,000 members of the Aeta tribes moved to evacuation camps?

• When Ray, the head of the Filipino geologists, raised his alert to level three: eruption possible in two weeks.

• As soon as Andy and Rick, arrived in the Philippines and saw the volcano producing higher levels of steam into the sky and the plume changed colors from white to gray.

• After Mount Pinatubo erupted and there was widespread devastation.

• At sunrise on June 12th, 1991, they were lead out of town.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

How did the scientists/volcanologists observe Mount Pinatubo to get a closer view?

• They got the best pair of binoculars.

• They uses a telescope.

• They went up up in a chopper/helicopter.

• They had special glasses that magnified their vision.

Why was the section "Looking for Lumps" included in this text?

• to explain the use of satellite radar

• to explain the shape of the volcano

• to show how sensory words help readers visualize

• to explain how identifying and measuring lumps and bulges in a volcano's surface helps scientists learn more about magma and lava changes