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WorksheetsReading Comprehension of Unit 7
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
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The worst volcanic disaster in modern history occurred at (a) .
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The “Year Without a Summer” occurred because of the eruption of (a) .
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The volcanic eruption that created a giant tsunami was at (a) .
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Two of the worst volcanic disasters in modern history occurred in the country of (a) .
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When Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980 the eruption ____________.
created an ash cloud 50 miles high.
caused a tsunami.
blew 1,300 feet off the top of the mountain.
changed the climate in the U.S.
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Studying the history of a volcano and its eruptions will ___________.
give an idea about when it might erupt again.
accurately predict when the volcano will erupt again.
predict what year it will erupt again.
not provide any information about the next eruption.
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Earthquake activity is measured using the ___________.
Richter scale
Richmond scale
Seismic scale.
Tremor scale
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Ground-deformation instruments are valuable because they measure ___________.
the movement of magma below the surface.
the heat inside the volcano.
the gases coming from the volcano.
the amount of lava coming from the volcano.
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A good place to put ground-deformation instruments is ___________.
in the crater.
near the base of the volcano.
in the nearest town.
none of them.
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A volcano might be ready to erupt when it gives off more ___________.
Sulphur dioxide
Silicon
Sulphur dioxine
Siliphon
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When one tectonic plate slides under another it is called (a) .
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An ocean rift is caused by __________.
Tectonic plate movement
Volcanic eruptions
Earthquake
Hurricanes
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Over millions of years what major force of nature has reshaped the continents?
Tectonic plate movement
Volcanic eruptions
Earthquake
Hurricanes
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A volcano can form _________.
on a continental plate near an ocean plate boundary and under the ocean near a plate boundary.
on a continental plate near an ocean plate boundary.
under the ocean near a plate boundary.
under the ocean far a plate boundary.
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Materials moving through the upper crust of the earth that may cause volcanoes include _________.
magma and gasses.
magma
gasses
earth
