Week 24 Daily Passages

What do the circles in the middle of the diagram indicate?

• energy from the earthquake

• energy from the tsunami

• a circular motion of the plates

• a sideways motion of the plates

According to the diagram, what happens to the wave of water caused by an earthquake?

• It sinks into Earth’s crust.

• It moves out in two directions.

• It continues moving upward.

• It moves in a circular direction.

According to the diagram, how are both of the plates moving?

• A) toward each other

• B) away from each other

• C) in an upward direction

• D) in a downward direction

Notice how the information in the diagram and the text support each other. This diagram and text would most likely appear in a _______.

• A) news report about an earthquake

• B) book about natural disasters

• C) history textbook

• D) fictional story

According to the graph, how many sixth graders like to play baseball?

• 15

• 20

• 25

• 30

Among the fifth graders surveyed, equal numbers enjoy soccer and .

• baseball
• basketball
• swimming

• other sports

Which person would probably find the graph most useful?

• a student in the fourth grade

• the parent of a basketball player

• the coach of a major pro baseball team

• a school gym teacher

Which one can you conclude from the graph?

• Baseball is a better sport than soccer.

• Everyone likes swimming more as they get older.

• Basketball is more popular among sixth graders than fifth graders.

• Fifth graders like sports more than sixth graders do.

What does the illustration on the right show?

• a scientist studying early radios

• an inventor of radio broadcast equipment

• a person listening to the radio

• an actor performing a radio play

On which page would you most likely find the illustration?

• page 15

• page 18

• page 9

• page 61