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CKLA Unit 5 Geology Assessment

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17 questions
Earth's Forces at Work in Japan
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Earthquake Myths
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Why was the earthquake you labeled as the strongest in Question #2 also the most destructive earthquake?

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Question 6
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Why did Japan’s earthquake early warning system only give 15 seconds of warning to people in the city of Sendai before the 2011 earthquake?

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Question 11
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How was the turtle true to his word?

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What happened when the turtles got angry?

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Question 17
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What causes earthquakes in Japan every year?
Namazu, the giant catfish
Plate movements
The Richter scale
Weather patterns
Using the numbers 1–3, rank the three major earthquakes Japan has experienced in the past hundred years or so in order of strength, numbering the strongest earthquake with the number 1.
2011, the Great Tohoku earthquake
1923, earthquake badly damaged the cities of Tokyo and Yokohama
1995, earthquake devastated the port city of Kobe
In paragraph 5, what does the word advanced mean in the following sentence?
out-of-date
highly developed
simple
traditional
How does Japan’s earthquake early warning system detect movements in the earth?
Seismographs across Japan send information about the slightest movements to a central location.
Scientists wait to see if a tsunami forms off the coast as a result of an earthquake.
When people feel the earth shake, they tell others around them.
Scientists look for earthquake epicenters on the ocean floor of the coast of Japan.
How is the volcano on the island of Niishima off Japan’s coast acting as a creative force?
The volcano continues to erupt, creating new rock that makes the island bigger.
The volcano has stopped erupting.
The volcano creates new minerals, gases, and seafloor sediments.
The volcano is causing terrible destruction in Japan, just like earthquakes.
In paragraph 8, the author says that the world’s youngest island is a volcanic work in progress. What does volcanic work in progress mean?
The island is getting smaller due to volcanic activity.
The island is not done growing due to volcanic activity.
The island is no longer close to Japan due to volcanic activity.
The island is a dangerous place to visit due to volcanic activity.
What does the word tremble mean in the following sentence from paragraph 2?
remain still
sink
shake
be afraid
In paragraph 7, the author says the turtle was true to his word. What does this mean about the turtle?
The turtle swam away and never returned.
The turtle told the truth to the Great Spirit.
The turtle didn’t listen to the Great Spirit.
The turtle did what he said he would do.
Why did the Great Spirit tell the turtles not to move?
If the turtles moved, their legs would get stiff and their minds would get bored.
If the turtles moved, they would help the Great Spirit create land.
If the turtles moved, they would destroy the land the Great Spirit created.
If the turtles moved, they would get angry.
Why did the turtles get angry?
They wanted to swim.
They couldn’t agree on which direction to go.
The Great Spirit told them not to move.
Their legs got stiff and their minds got bored.
What causes earthquakes according to this Gabrielino Indian myth?
The turtles start moving in different directions.
The Great Spirit creates land on turtle shells.
The turtles agree on which direction to swim in.
The Great Spirit tells the turtles not to move.
In the Hoh myth, why does Thunderbird grab Whale out of the water?
Thunderbird wanted Whale to live on land instead of in the ocean to help the Hoh people.
Whale got along well with the other whales in the ocean, which helped the Hoh people.
Whale provided food and oil for the Hoh people.
The Hoh people were suffering because Whale was destroying the other whales they depended on.
What caused earthquakes according to this Hoh myth?
Thunderbird grabbed Whale and yanked him out of the water.
Thunderbird stayed high in her mountaintop nest while Whale stayed in the ocean.
Whale and Thunderbird fought as Thunderbird tried to keep her claws gripped around Whale.
Whale grabbed Thunderbird and yanked her into the water.