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Rocking and Rolling By: Philip Steele
Rocking and Rolling By: Philip Steele
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3rd Grade Harcourt Rocking and Rolling
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1
Why is the inner core solid?
It is not solid.
The sun's heat cannot reach the inner core.
The other three layers are pressing down on it.
2
How does the wind wear down rocks?
It works like sandpaper, slowly wearing the rocks down.
It makes rocks melt.
It blows the rocks off.
It freezes the rocks.
3
What mountains are created when the earth's plates crunch into one another and form bumps?
Dome Mountains
Block Mountains
Fold Mountains
4
Finish the sentence. If all the oceans disappeared, Earth would look like a
jigsaw puzzle made up of lots of big pieces.
Saturn
pancake
mountain
5
True or False: We have about 5 plates on Earth.
True
False
6
What is an epicenter?
The point above the Earth's surface where earthquake begins.
a mountain
a basketball player
erosion of the rocks
7
Which mountains are made when part of the crust is forced up between two cracks in a plate.
Block mountains
Fold Mountains
Dome mountains
8
True or False: Every year, there are 4,000 to 5,000 earthquakes strong enough to be felt.
True
False
9
The top layer of the Earth is called...
mantle
crust
inner core
outer core
10
Which type of mountain happens when magma bulges up beneath the crust?
Dome Mountains
Block Mountains
Fold Mountains
11
True or False: A tsunami can be higher than an apartment building.
True
False
12
What happens when two plates push against each other?
The two plate edges may crumple up into a range of mountains
All of the above
The edge of one plate may slide under the other.
13
What is a coast?
an island
a town
a mountain
land that is near the sea
14
True or False: The outer core is runny because it's so hot.
False
True
15
True or False: Scientists have reached the earth's center.
False
True
16
What does peak mean?
The edge of the ocean
a row or line of mountains
the pointed top of a hill or mountain
to go in a car
17
The genre of this story is:
Fiction
Folktale
Expository Nonfiction
play
18
What happens to plates that move apart?
It creates mountain ranges.
nothing happens
Gooey magma rises up from the mantle to fill the gap.
The edge of one plate slides under the other.
19
Will the Earth look the same in one million years as it does now?
No
Yes
20
What is magma?
the pointed top of a hill or mountain
The center of the earth
An earthquake
Very hot, partly melted rock inside the Earth
21
What does range mean?
the land near an ocean
a row or line of mountains
melted rock
an earthquake
22
True or False: You wouldn't be able to walk to the center of the Earth because it is so hot.
False
True
23
What is the best meaning for the word "edge": Tom put the dishes near the edge of the table.
a hug
a congruent line
a line where a thing begins or ends
a symmetrical line
24
The mantle is made up of:
sand
rock and some magma
water
25
Three main kinds of mountains are:
fold mountains, dome mountains, and block mountains
fold mountains, deep mountains, and high mountains
dangerous mountains, skinny mountains, pushed mountains
26
The earth has four layers. They are:
crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
plates, edges, ranges, epicenter
waves, plates, earthquakes, peaks
earthquakes, erosion, surface, coast
27
True or False: The inner core is even hotter than the outer core.
True
False
28
A tsunami is caused by_______.
a tornado
an underwater earthquake
a fire
a hurricane
29
True or False: The most serious earthquakes happen deep underground, along the earth's plates.
False
True
30
What do the people of Japan do on National Disaster Prevention Day each year?
They record the number of earthquakes they had that year.
They watch videos of previous earthquakes.
They practice what to do during an earthquake.
They stop all earthquakes.
31
What is the wearing away of the land called?
hurricanes
blasting
earthquake
erosion
32
True or False: Erosion is still happening today at the Grand Canyon.
True
False
