WorksheetsQuaking Earth
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 2hrs 54mins
Which one is not a Text Feature
Caption
Photograph
Diagram
Sequence
What is the central idea of Rising Corals?
How corals sustain life in the ocean
How earthquakes can cause a tsunami.
How reading corals can help determine when an earthquake is going to occur
To present a diagram of how corals look.
What text features can be found on p 207?
Photograph
Map
Table
Diagram
On p 206 why did Sieh believe a giant undersea earthquake would take place in the early 2000s near Indonesia?
What are the tools used to predict an earthquake/tsunami?
Seismograph/ GPS
Rising Corals/ Seismograph
Rising Corals/ GPS
Technology from NASA
What comparison does the author use to help readers understand that the lithosphere is very thin? Textual evidence.
If the Earth were the size of an apple , the lithosphere would be about as thick as the apple´s skin.
the skin of an orange represents the lithosphere.
The lithosphere is rock solid.
What´s inside becomes hotter and more gooey.
What is the authors purpose for writing this article?
To entertain readers with a story about natural disasters
To persuade readers to evacuate the Tello Island.
To explain how a Tsunami is formed
To inform the reader how earthquakes can cause a tsunami.
The passage states that the Sunda Megathrust Fault was storing energy that would result in a massive undersea earthquake. What does massive mean?
Lengthy
Heavy
Tough
Large
What did Sieh and the other scientists learn after examining samples of coral?
Coral can grow tall enough to wipe out an entire village.
Islands on top of a continental plate were rising each year.
Major earthquakes occurred about every 200 years.
Some tsunamis can be up to 100 feet tall.
What evidence from the passage supports the fact that Tello Island was sinking?
People started building their houses out of lightweight wood.
Many islanders had moved away from the shore.
Pathways were built to higher ground.
Wells were full of salty seawater.
According to the passage, what is the relationship between underwater earthquakes and tsunamis?
The season will affect whether a tsunami will develop after an underwater earthquake.
Tsunamis cause underwater earthquakes.
The size of tsunamis determines the severity of underwater earthquakes.
Tsunamis form as a result of underwater earthquakes.
Why do Sieh and his colleagues recommend that people on the island use bamboo to build their homes?
Bamboo is lightweight and will cause less damage than heavy concrete if toppled in an earthquake.
Bamboo is an expensive material, which means it is a good quality building material.
Bamboo is traditionally used to build villages, and this tradition should continue.
Bamboo is flexible and easy to harvest.
Eruption! Volcanoes and the Science of Saving Lives
At the beginning of the passage, it says that VDAP members debated whether the alert should be moved to level three. What does the word debated mean?
demanded
persuaded
protested
discussed
Eruption! Volcanoes and the Science of Saving Lives
Which statement best describes volcanoes?
Volcanoes are difficult to predict because they don’t erupt in a straight, orderly progression.
Volcanoes are easy to monitor because every one follows the same order of events.
Volcanoes usually occur in remote places, so they rarely affect humans
Volcanoes always cause typhoons before they erupt.
Eruption! Volcanoes and the Science of Saving Lives.
Why did Andy watch the lights of the airstrip?
The lights could measure the height of the smoke plumes.
If the lights went out, he knew that he needed to run to safety
He knew that the lights controlled the military television and radio.
The lights would indicate if there was a traffic jam during the evacuation.
(Eruption) Reread page 188. What information does the sidebar provide? Why does the author present it separately from the main text?
(Eruption) What details explain why the decision to evacuate was difficult to make?
(Quacking Earth) Revist pages 206-207 of the selection. What did Sieh and the other scientists learn from ¨reading the corals¨?
(Quacking Earth) What is the difference between a tsunami and a normal ocean wave?
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