Worksheets"from Planet Earth" Reading Comprehension
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 12mins
1. Which of the following text features in the story is used to show the movement of water in the water cycle?
a sidebar
a diagram
an illustration
a photograph
2. (pg. 439) The plates of Earth's crust are constantly moving -- why?
They were once joined as a single land mass called Pangaea.
They are filled with water.
They are broken into sections called tectonic plates.
They rest on top of a fluid layer of mantle.
3. The water cycle can also be called
the hydrologic cycle.
the hydraulic cycle.
the precipitation cycle.
the water vapor cycle.
4. Which layer of Earth is responsible for creating its magnetic field?
the crust
the mantle
the inner core
the outer core
5. What makes the core of the Earth hotter than the outer layer of the Sun? (441)
fire
lava
pressure and radiation
rapid spinning
6. The ___________________ contains the air we breathe and most of the weather patterns we observe.
troposphere
stratosphere
mesosphere
exosphere
7. The text feature showing the magnetic field of the Earth on page 443 is ___________________.
an illustration
a labeled diagram
a fun fact
a caption
8. Which is true about "Planet Earth"?
It is a literary type of nonfiction because it uses quite a bit of figurative language.
It is historical nonfiction because it tells the history of the Earth.
It is purely informational; it uses little or no figurative language.
It is persuasive informational because after reading it, people will be motivated to save the Earth.
9. Text Features: Looking at the time zone map on pages 444-445, which of the following is NOT true?
As you move to the right (east), the time shown on the clock becomes later.
Iran has a time that is earlier than Anchorage, Alaska.
Australia is farther ahead on the time zone clock than any other numbered location.
The time in Newfoundland is about 8 hours later than Los Angeles, California.
10. GPS satellites have given us what benefits, as explained on pg. 446?
the ability to study the stars
the ability to navigate below the surface of the Earth
easier navigation and quicker reactions to natural disasters.
more detailed maps of the ocean floor.
11. Mount Erebus in Antarctica is studied to learn more about
why volcanoes erupt and what the mantle is composed of.
the time zones of the Earth.
how ROVs can be put to use.
the location of Antarctica.
12. A satellite that can see through clouds and helps us monitor Earth's water cycle is (448-449)
the ISS.
the Chikyu.
the Aqua.
the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
