All About Earthquakes

What does the word structures most likely mean in this sentence?

Structures lined the banks of the river.

• cliffs

• storms

• buildings

• animals

Which of these words means, the eges of something?

• arches

• bourndaries

• victories

• supports

What is a synonym for collide in this sentence?

Be careful or you will collide with that bike.

• pass

• lose

• store

• crash

How do scientists try to guess when earthquakes will happen?

• by measuring how rivers move

• by looking for tsunamis

• by seeing how buildings sway

• by watching plate movements

How well do Earth's plates fit together?

• cloes together

• not very well

• with a lot of space

• loosely most of the time

What is one effect of a tsunami mentioned in the selection?

• It can wash away buildings

• it can cause rivers to move

• it can wash mountains away

• it can cause islands to form

What do the Earth's plates make up?

• orbit

• desert

• crust

• core

Why is it good that newer buildings sway in an earthquake?

• so they can dance in the wind

• so more people can be in them

• so you can build cheaper buildings

• newer buildings are safer

What are the three ways earths plates cause earthquakes?

• They grow, erode, or absorb

• They spin, float, and drift swiftly

• They move towards, away, and past eachother

• They bounc, flip, and flop

What causes the Earth to shake?

• the ocean waves get large

• earth's plates get stuck, and unstuck

• skyscrapers fall

• volcanoes erupt