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All Shook Up (Author's Perspective)
By Jovana Menkevich
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Question 1
1.
Read the sentence from paragraph 4.
"Even a nuclear power
plant
was shut down until it was checked."
What does
plant
mean as it is used in the sentence?
a small vegetable
a person places secretly in a group
a type of vegetation, such as a tree
a company's building or equipment
Question 2
2.
How does the diagram contribute to the understanding of the passage?
by showing how people can prepare for an earthquake.
by showing that the main topic is about an earthquake.
by showing the different parts along a fault of an earthquake.
by showing that each section has information about an earthquake.
Question 3
3.
Read this sentence from paragraph 6.
"This
fault
is very active, so earthquakes happen more there than in other parts of the country."
What does
fault
mean as it is used in this sentence?
blame
error
responsibility
split
Question 4
4.
Which sentence from the passage supports the answer in question 3?
"The ground heaved an buildings swayed, while farther away, people felt only a slight shaking of the ground." (paragraph 3)
"Sometimes the edges split past each other, which also causes the earth to move." (paragraph 5)
"There are faults all over the United States, but some areas are more active than others." (paragraph 6)
"The energy created by the earthquakes traveled farther than most quakes in the West." (paragraph 7)
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Question 5
5.
Put the bubbles in order to choose which heading each sentence supports in the passage.
D,E,J,N
E,D,J,O
D,E,J,O
A,F,K,P
Question 6
6.
Choose a sentence that uses a compare and contrast structure to explain how quakes in the West are different from the quakes in the East.
The energy created by the Virginia quake traveled farther than most quakes in the West.
This is because most of the rock under the East is solid and cold.
When these rocks shift, the energy travels long distances.
In the West, the rock is cracked and warm, which prevents the energy from traveling as far.
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Question 7
7.
Which ocean animals listed in the diagram are most likely to live among creatures that have soft bodies and no eyes?
red shrimp and anglerfish
viperfish and lantern fish
tuna and whales
red shrimp and tuna
Question 8
8.
What is the name of the text feature that is shown in the text?
Diagram
Table of Content
Glossary
Map
Question 9
9.
Why is the top zone of the ocean called the sunlight zone?
It goes from 0 ft -650 ft
It's the part of the ocean with complete darkness.
It's the part of the ocean where the sunlight reaches plants allowing them to grow and provide food for animals.
It's the part of the ocean where one can find school of fish.
Question 10
10.
What does the word
darkness
mean?
dark carried over
full of dark
the state of dark
ability to be dark
Question 11
11.
Which fact about the twilight zone is given in both the passage and the diagram?
Type of fish that can be found there
How the twilight zone got its name
How animals survive there
The depths it reaches
Question 12
12.
Why are some creatures in the midnight zone soft?
Because there is no food in the midnight zone.
Because they are blind and have no eyes.
It helps them survive the pressure at those depths.
So that they could feel every movement.
