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Into Reading: Eruption

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the name of the volcano crisis team Andy Lockhart became a member of after the Colombian volcano, Nevado del Ruiz, erupted in 1985? p. 184

a)

Volcano District Assistance Program

b)

Volcano Disaster Avoidance Program

c)

Volcano Disaster Assistance Program

d)

Volcano Disaster Assistance Partners

2.

About how many mamebers of the Aeta Tribes were moved to evacuation camps? p. 185

a)

10,000

b)

5,000

c)

2,000

d)

100,000

3.

Scientist could see a big, ugly blob called a _________ _______, had poked out of the east crater wall. p. 186

a)

Big Ugly

b)

Hot Lava

c)

Lava Dome

4.

What shoves out of an erupting volcano and can also make a massive bulge or dome? p. 188

a)

Gold

b)

Lava

c)

Metal

d)

Water

5.

By the time Rick and Andy got to the observatory at the edge of the base, what did the ash column hit? p. 189

a)

Atmosphere

b)

Troposphere

c)

Mesophere

d)

Stratosphere

6.

What happened on June 14th? p. 190

a)

The volcano stopped shooting steam and ash.

b)

The volcano began shooting steam and ash.

c)

The volcano went dormant.

d)

The volcano split in two.

7.

The volcano wasn't just raining water and ash, but egg-size chunks of _________. p. 191

a)

Lava

b)

Gold

c)

Hail

d)

Pumice

8.

How fast did the flow move? p. 193

a)

50 mph

b)

100 mph

c)

200 mph

d)

300 mph

9.

"It was a huge, slow-moving traffic jam of everybody with a _______ _______ strolling out of town." p. 194

a)

fast car

b)

wild animal

c)

small donkey

d)

Water Buffalo

10.

How is this text organized?

a)

Order and Sequence

b)

Chronological Order

c)

Compare and Contrast

d)

Problem and Solution