Vocab 1
The young child __________ to his mother when he heard the thunder
a) clung
b) monitored
c) fascinated
d) witnessed
a) clung
We hired a person who designs buildings to plan our house.
a) data
b) architect
c) grit
d) cling
b) architect
Which is NOT one of the groups of rocks?
a) metamorphic
b) igneous
c) magma
d) sedimentary
c) magma
Where does this passage take place?
a) the Philippines
b) Mexico
c) the United States of America
d) Pompeii
a) the Philippines
"A Volcano Erupts"
Which would also be a good title for this passage?
a) climbing Mount Pinatubo
b) its Time for Rain
c) Farming in the Phillippines
d) Aftereffects of Volcanoes
d) Aftereffects of Volcanoes
What is the antonym of the underlined word?
There is an abundant supply of corn in storage.
a) flimsy
b) brittle
c) conflicted
d) scarce
d) scarce
Which word matches the underlined definition?
Granite is a type of rock that has changed in form because of intense heat and pressure
a) igneous
b) dramatic
c) metamorphic
d) sedimentary
c) metamorphic
a) rock that has been changed by heat and pressure
b) rock that has been made from magma
c) rock that has been broken down by erosion
d) rock that has been made in an oven
a) rock that has been changed by heat and pressure
What was sent into the sky before the eruption of Mount Pinatubo?
a) water
b) lava
c) ash
d) lahars
c) Ash
How Rocks Form
What is the genre of this passage?
a) myth
b) expository nonfiction
c) autobiography
d) historical fiction
b) expository nonfiction
Which word means the same as the underlined word?
A thermometer is a tool used to measure temperature
a) data
b) glacier
c) monument
d) device
d) device
The candle flame _______ in the breeze.
a) scowled
b) flickered
c) swept
d) glimpsed
b) flickered
Which is closest to the meaning of the underlined word?
"has been changed by heat and pressure"
a) the force you feel when people are trying to make you do something
b) a feeling of stress or anxiety because you have too much to do
c) the force that is produced when something presses or pushes against something else
d) to force someone to do something
c) the force that is produced when something presses or pushes against something else
According to the passage, what can happen as a result of volcano monitoring?
a) volcano eruptions can be stopped
b) many lives can be saved
c) damage from volcanoes can be reversed
d) volcanic ash can be removed
b) many lives can be saved
How Rocks Form
What is this passage mainly about?
a) how volcanoes work
b) how rivers move rocks
c) how scientists study rocks
d) how rock groups are different
d) how rock groups are different
Obsidian is a glassy _________ rock that forms when lava cools down and hardens
a) dramatic
b) metamorphic
c) sedimentary
d) igneous
d) igneous
What word matches the underlined phrase?
Water gradually destroys rocks and gives them a smoother surface
a) silt
b) debris
c) situation
d) erodes
d) erodes
Which causes sediment to become sedimentary rock, such as sandstone?
a) rivers and seas
b) heat and pressure
c) magma and lava
d) time and pressure
d) time and pressure
Which is true of Michelle Cortez?
a) She reported from Clark Air Base
b) She heard about the eruption of Mount Pinatubo on the news
c) She is a scientist who studies volcanoes
d) She helped people evacuate
a) She reported from Clark Air Base
A Volcano Erupts
What is the authors purpose for writing this passage?
a) to get people to travel to the philippines
b) to encourage people to be reporters
c) to tell people about the many dangers of volcano eruptions
d) to persuade people to donate money to help clean up debris
c) to tell people about the many dangers of volcano eruptions
Gary quickly _____________ past me on his bike.
a) scowled
b) flickered
c) swept
d) glimpsed
c) swept
While I was diving, I found a ring in the ________ in the bottom of the lake.
a) dramatic
b) silt
c) erode
d) situation
b) silt
What happens when there is enormous pressure applied to shale?
a) it becomes limestone
b) it becomes slate
c) it becomes sediment
d) it becomes magma
b) it becomes slate
a) mudflows
b) lahars
c) ash
d) rain
d) rain
How Rocks Form
According to the passage, which is true of both marble and quartzite?
a) They are sedimentary rocks
b) They are volcanic rocks
c) they are metamorphic rock
d) they are igneous rock
c) they are metamorphic rock