Volcanoes: Magma Rising - Mt. Pelee Erupts
Name one text feature included in the text and how it helps readers to understand the text.
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Which of the following sentences from the text are facts? Choose all that are correct.
A. Its boulevards were lined with beautiful homes and shops.
B. A swirling cloud of hot gas, ash, and rocks, called a pyroclastic flow, rushed down the mountainside at 480 kilometers per hour (300 mph).
C. Geologists were drawn to Martinique to understand the science behind the tragedy.
D. It burned everything in its path, including the town of Saint-Pierre and nearly all the ships in the harbor.
B, C, D
Read the sentence from the text.
Its boulevards were lined with beautiful homes and shops.
Use context clues to determine the meaning of boulevard.
A street or road
A. “May 2: A column of ash and fumes rises nearly 3 kilometers (2 miles) above the mountain. An inch of ash covers Saint-Pierre.”
B. “At the time, people living on the islands of Martinique and St. Vincent underestimated the risks of living near volcanoes. They had ignored signals that the volcanoes were still active.”
C. “May 7: Mt. Soufrière, a volcano 120 kilometers (75 miles) north on the island of St. Vincent, erupts, and a boiling mudflow of steam and ash kills 1,565 people.”
D. “News of the disaster horrified the world. Geologists were drawn to Martinique to understand the science behind the tragedy. The American Museum of Natural History sent geologist Edmund Hovey.”
B
B. The city of Saint-Pierre on the island of Martinique used to be known as the Paris of the Caribbean.
C. Mt. Pelée unexpectedly erupted in 1902 and destroyed the city of Saint-Pierre in minutes.
D. On May 5, 1902 there was a mudflow from Mt. Pelée that killed 23 people in Saint- Pierre.
C