HMH M3 W 1 Comprehension

At the beginning of the passage, it says that VDAP members debated whether the alert should be moved to level three. What does the word debated mean?

• demanded

• persuaded

• protested

• discussed

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RI.5.4

Which statement best describes volcanoes?

• Volcanoes always cause typhoons before they erupt

• Volcanoes usually occur in remote places so they rarely affect humans

• Volcanoes are easy to monitor because everyone follows the same order of events

• Volcanoes are difficult to predict because they don't erupt in a straight orderly progression

Why did Andy watch the lights of the airstrip?

• The lights could measure the height of the smoke plumes.

• If ther lights went out, he knew that he needed to run to safety

• He knew that the lights controlled the military television and radio.

• the lights would indicate if there was a traffic jam during the evacuation

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.1

Why did the instruments flatline?

• the volcano was about to erupt

• The seismograph needles were banging.

• The eruption had destroyed the monitoring stations.

• The wind and rain of the typhoon.

How is the passage organized?

• It lists the steps the military told the scientists to take.

• It tells the events the scientists faced in order that they occured.

• It explains the problems the scientists experienced and how they solved them.

• It compares and sontrasts how the scientists reacted with how the military reacted

What is the name of the Volcano and where was it located?

• Mt St. Helens in Washington

• Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines

• Mount Everest in Naples

• Mt Scott in Lawton Oklahoma

What is the instrument used to record the volcano?

• violin

• seismograph

• barometer

• anemometer

Volcanoes don't necessarily move from deep sleep to violent eruption in a straight orderly progression

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.1

Changes in the surface of a volcano give clues about what is happening beneath

• True

• False

What is it called when families had to leave their home to avoid the volcanic eruption?

• alarming

• evacuation

• conferrring

• pyroclastic

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RI.5.4