"from Planet Earth" Reading Comprehension

1. Which of the following text features in the story is used to show the movement of water in the water cycle?  

• a sidebar

• a diagram

• an illustration

• a photograph

2. (pg. 439) The plates of Earth's crust are constantly moving -- why?

• They were once joined as a single land mass called Pangaea.

• They are filled with water.

• They are broken into sections called tectonic plates.

• They rest on top of a fluid layer of mantle.

3. The water cycle can also be called

• the hydrologic cycle.

• the hydraulic cycle.

• the precipitation cycle.

• the water vapor cycle.

4. Which layer of Earth is responsible for creating its magnetic field?

• the crust

• the mantle

• the inner core

• the outer core

5. What makes the core of the Earth hotter than the outer layer of the Sun? (441)

• fire

• lava

• pressure and radiation

• rapid spinning

6. The ___________________ contains the air we breathe and most of the weather patterns we observe.

• troposphere

• stratosphere

• mesosphere

• exosphere

7. The text feature showing the magnetic field of the Earth on page 443 is  ___________________.

• an illustration

• a labeled diagram

• a fun fact

• a caption

8. Which is true about "Planet Earth"?

• It is a literary type of nonfiction because it uses quite a bit of figurative language.

• It is historical nonfiction because it tells the history of the Earth.

• It is purely informational; it uses little or no figurative language.

• It is persuasive informational because after reading it, people will be motivated to save the Earth.

9. Text Features:  Looking at the time zone map on pages 444-445, which of the following is NOT true?

• As you move to the right (east), the time shown on the clock becomes later.

• Iran has a time that is earlier than Anchorage, Alaska.

• Australia is farther ahead on the time zone clock than any other numbered location.

• The time in Newfoundland is about 8 hours later than Los Angeles, California.

10. GPS satellites have given us what benefits, as explained on pg. 446?

• the ability to study the stars

• the ability to navigate below the surface of the Earth

• easier navigation and quicker reactions to natural disasters.

• more detailed maps of the ocean floor.