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Reading Comprehension of Unit 7

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Read and answer the question correctly.

Use small letters and without punctuation.

The worst volcanic disaster in modern history occurred at (a)   .

2.

Read and answer the question correctly.

Use small letters and without punctuation.

The “Year Without a Summer” occurred because of the eruption of (a)   .

3.

Read and answer the question correctly.

Use small letters and without punctuation.

The volcanic eruption that created a giant tsunami was at (a)   .

4.

Read and answer the question correctly.

Use small letters and without punctuation.

Two of the worst volcanic disasters in modern history occurred in the country of (a)   .

5.

Read and answer the question correctly.

Use small letters and without punctuation.

When Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980 the eruption ____________.

a)

created an ash cloud 50 miles high.

b)

caused a tsunami.

c)

blew 1,300 feet off the top of the mountain.

d)

changed the climate in the U.S.

6.

Read and answer the question below.

Studying the history of a volcano and its eruptions will ___________.

a)

give an idea about when it might erupt again.

b)

accurately predict when the volcano will erupt again.

c)

predict what year it will erupt again.

d)

not provide any information about the next eruption.

7.

Read and answer the question below.

Earthquake activity is measured using the ___________.

a)

Richter scale

b)

Richmond scale

c)

Seismic scale.

d)

Tremor scale

8.

Read and answer the question below.

Ground-deformation instruments are valuable because they measure ___________.

a)

the movement of magma below the surface.

b)

the heat inside the volcano.

c)

the gases coming from the volcano.

d)

the amount of lava coming from the volcano.

9.

Read and answer the question below.

A good place to put ground-deformation instruments is ___________.

a)

in the crater.

b)

near the base of the volcano.

c)

in the nearest town.

d)

none of them.

10.

Read and answer the question below.

A volcano might be ready to erupt when it gives off more ___________.

a)

Sulphur dioxide

b)

Silicon

c)

Sulphur dioxine

d)

Siliphon

11.

Read and answer the question correctly.

Use small letters and without punctuation.

When one tectonic plate slides under another it is called (a)   .

12.

Read and answer the question below.

An ocean rift is caused by __________.

a)

Tectonic plate movement

b)

Volcanic eruptions

c)

Earthquake

d)

Hurricanes

13.

Read and answer the question below.

Over millions of years what major force of nature has reshaped the continents?

a)

Tectonic plate movement

b)

Volcanic eruptions

c)

Earthquake

d)

Hurricanes

14.

Read and answer the question below.

A volcano can form _________.

a)

on a continental plate near an ocean plate boundary and under the ocean near a plate boundary.

b)

on a continental plate near an ocean plate boundary.

c)

under the ocean near a plate boundary.

d)

under the ocean far a plate boundary.

15.

Read and answer the question below.

Materials moving through the upper crust of the earth that may cause volcanoes include _________.

a)

magma and gasses.

b)

magma

c)

gasses

d)

earth