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Titanic
Volcanoes
Hurricanes
Reading Strategies
Vocabulary
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1912
What year did the Titanic go on her maiden voyage and sink?
100
Hawaii
Which island has the most volcanoes? This island is also a state of the United States of America.
100
Miami
What city in Florida was named as a site for communication about hurricanes?
100
Fact
What is a piece of information in a story or article?
100
Iceberg
What is a very large chunk of ice found in the cold northern (and southern, too) parts of our planet? What was the cause of the Titanic's sinking?
200
There were not enough lifeboats
What did the captain know but did not tell the passengers? (hint: rescue)
200
Magma
What lava called when it is still underground as melted rock?
200
Finish high school....obtain a college degree......
What academic preparation do you need to become a hurricane hunter?
200
Main idea
What is the primary point of the story?
200
Dropsonde
What is the instrument used by hurricane hunters to measure a hurricane's wind speed and direction?
300
Women and children went first into the lifeboats
What did so many of the men perish (die)?
300
Ash
Some volanoes also spray this into the air instead of lava.
300
Eye
What is the center of the hurricane where the winds are calm (peaceful)?
300
Opinion
What is a belief that a reader has about a story?
300
Lava
What is the name we give magma (melted rock), when it comes out of the volcano's crater?
400
It would not sink.
What did everyone believe about the Titanic, even when it hit the iceberg?
400
Rich soil
This is a benefit of volcanoes--it helps the farmers grow good crops.
400
1943 in Bryan, Texas (TX)
Where did the first hurricane hunters start?
400
Captions
What are the words often found under pictures or photos that add information to a story or article?
400
Hawaii
Where are most of the active volcanoes found?
500
Stronger safety standards, lifeboats, better warning systems.......
What do all cruise ships have now that the Titanic did not?
500
Pompeii
This is the city the reading stated was buried by ash from an ancient volcano.
500
Up to 200 miles per hour (mph)
How high can hurricane wind speeds reach?
500
Predicting
What does the reader do whenever he/she reads a story?
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Ring of Fire
What is the name give to the large area of volcanoes found around the edges of the continents along the Pacific Ocean?