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Word Meanings
Inferring
Literal
Graphic Features
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What is the meaning of the word generates as used in paragraph 1?
Causes
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Which sentence best supports the idea that Thucydides first explained how tsunamis are formed?
He believed that the earthquake must have caused the tsunami.
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A tsunami in the deep water of the ocean-
Is not very high and may pass under ships without being noticed
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Which section of the text would most likely tell the reader about efforts to protect coastal cities from dangerous tsunamis?
What can we do?
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What is an historian?
Someone who studies the past.
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What can the reader conclude?
Given early enough warning, scientists may be able to save many people from tsunamis in the future
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Thucydides believed that earthquakes causes tsunamis because
He saw a tsunami occur just after an earthquake
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What causes the sudden motion of the Earth under the ocean moves a giant column of water. A tsunami is created.
Movement of the Earth's tectonic plates causes an earthquake.
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What does the word detected mean as used in paragraph 4?
discovered
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What is the author's purpose for writing this passage?
To give the reader information about tsunamis.
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What happens first to cause a tsunami?
Movement of the Earth's crust under the oceans.
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The graphic best supports which detail from the selection?
Hopefully, with enough warning, people's lives can be saved when the next tsunami happens.
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What is an antonym of the word exposed as used in paragraph 5?
covered
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What is the section titled "A Brief and Violent Life" mostly about?
How a tsunami builds and then crashes into dry land
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What are scientist using to help predict tsunamis?
Tiny sensors that connect to a computer
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Where would you most likely find the graphic?
Around or near an ocean