Earthquake Review

What does predict mean in this sentence?

But we need to know much more about earthquakes before we can predict weeks or even days in advance when a big one will hit.

• forecast

• ignore

• visualize

• make certain

The root for predict is dict. Based on the meaning of predict, what does dict mean?

• after

• say

• watch

• before

What does instruments mean in this sentence?

Most earthquakes are too small to be noticed by people; only sensitive scientific instruments record their passage.

• papers

• harmonies

• measuring devices

• assistants

What is a synonym for instruments?

• letters

• warnings

• musicians

• tools

What does churning mean is this sentence?

The earthquake acted like a giant paddle churning the waters.

• stirring

• cooling

• opening

• steaming

What is an antonym for churning?

• boiling

• closing

• heating

• calming

What two things are being compared in this sentence from Earthquake?

Our planet's solid rocky crust floats on the mantle, a 1,800 mile thick layer of very hot and dense rock that slowly churns around like a huge pot of boiling soup in very slow motion.

• the earth's crust and rocky cliffs

• the mantle's movement and boiling soup

• the earth's crust and the mantle

• the boiling soup's movement and slow motion

What is the meaning of the underlined word?

We fed the duck at the park.

• a water bird

• to suddenly low the body to avoid being hit

What is the meaning of the underlined word?

You have to duck and run in dodgeball.

• a water bird

• to suddenly lower the body to avoid being hit

What is the meaning of the underlined word?

I wish summer would last forever.

• coming at the end

• to continue for a time