Unit 5 Lesson 5: Earth’s Shakes and Quakes

Most earthquakes happen at________________.

How much energy is released when blocks of rock that were stuck break and slip past each other?

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Circle the two answers that correctly complete the following statement.

Surface waves cause____________________ .

• the ground to shake, heave, sway, and lurch during an earthquake

• a fault to form in Earth’s crust

• most tsunamis

• the most earthquake damage

Read Earth’s Shakes and Quakes based on the selection, write a response to the following: 

List one way in which the seismograph and the Richter scale are different. List one way in which they are similar.

Write a well-organized informational composition that uses specific evidence from the selection to support your answer. 

Remember to

• clearly state your opinion (central idea)

• organize your writing

• List one way they are different 

• List one way they are similar

• develop your ideas in detail

• use evidence from the selection in your response

• use correct spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and grammar

Manage your time carefully so that you can-

• review the selection

• plan your response

• write your response

• revise and edit your response

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Write two or three sentences that include one fact about a tsunami and at least two descriptive words from the text.

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