The Earth Dragon Awakes
Cold,Cold,Science
The Earth Dragon Awakes
Cold,Cold,Science
The Earth Dragon Awakes
100
Mention 2 of the characters in the story.

Chin

Ah sing 

Ah Quon

100

What genre is the story?

Informational text

100

Make a sentence with the word wreckage.

example: even an earthquake shorter than one minute can leave a lot of wreckage. 

100

Make a sentence with the word alert. 

Example: These animals are alert. They are wide awake and ready to take action.

100

What is liquefaction?

Is when the ground stops being solid because a natural event (earthquake) tosses water from deep underground and mixes it with the landfill.

200
Mention 2 realistic events that may have happened.

Suddenly everything trembles.

They are washing up, getting ready to go to the Travies's house.

The floor rolls under them like a wooden sea. 

The tenement is falling.

200

Who is the author of the story?

Dewey Badeaux

200

What words or phrases clearly communicate what is happening to Ching and Ah Sing in p.243?

They bounce against the floor. 

Stomach feels funny. 

Neighbors scream. 

twitches. 

more screams.

200

What is a glacier?

A glacier is a mass of ice and snow that moves slowly over land.

200

What is the metaphor they used to describe the word  "earthquake"?

The Earth Dragon 

300

What genre is this story? 

Historical Fiction

300

Where did scientists live and work according to the story?

At palmer station in Antarctica.

300

What has been dumped along the shore of the bay?

dirt, rock and debris.

300

How many squares miles is the Antarctic ice sheet?

5 million square miles

300

Chin and Ah Sing realize that they will have to save themselves. What events lead them to this realization? 

They were screaming an no one heard them. 

400

What is the setting of the story?

Chinatown, San Francisco, 1:52 a.m. on Wednesday, April, 18,1906.

400

How can an author use similes and metaphors? 

They can use it to compare one thing to something entirely different.

400

Whos is the author of the story?

Laurence Yep

400

Thick, floating ice is called...

Ice Shelves

400
Mention one metaphor used in the story, besides the earthquake metaphor.

Fear twists inside Chin like a snake. 

Chin and his father dig in the darkness.


500

Mention the main plot of the story.

There was an earthquake in the city.

500

What words are used by similes? 

Like or As

500

Who illustrated the story?

Yuan Lee

500

Mention 3 animals found in Antarctica. 

Seals, Humpback Whales, Emperor Penguins.

500

This story is based in what real event?

San Francisco Earthquake done by the San Andreas Fault.