Vocabulary
We must use RAP when answering short answer questions on our test. What does RAP stand for?
Restate
Answer
Prove
Each time a volcano erupts, it gets ________, because of the lava cooling into rocks.
Each time a volcano erupts, it gets bigger, because of the lava cooling into rocks.
Where does the comma go?
Today is January 29 2024.
Today is January 29, 2024.
She did not mean to forget her homework; it was purely (accidental, accidentally, careful, carefully) that she forgot.
Which word completes the sentence?
She did not mean to forget her homework; it was purely ACCIDENTAL that she forgot.
What is Mrs. Persons' baby's name?
Evie
The ground trembles during an earthquake.
What does tremble mean?
Tremble means to shake.
Earthquakes happen on or near _____ ________.
Where does the comma go?
Ft Wright Elementary
500 Farrel Dr
Covington KY 41011
Ft Wright Elementary
500 Farrel Dr
Covington, KY 41011
Mountain building is not a (speedy, speedily, loud, loudly) process; it takes many years for mountains to form.
What word completes the sentence?
Mountain building is not a SPEEDY process; it takes many years for mountains to form.
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Some volcanoes are a work in progress. What does that mean?
A work in progress means its not finished, it's still growing.
Where do earthquakes commonly happen? Select all that apply.
Kentucky
California
Japan
California and Japan
Where do the commas go?
The earth is made up of the inner core outer core mantle and the crust.
The earth is made up of the inner core, outer core, mantle, and the crust.
A mid-ocean ridge can form along a huge (photograph, biography, rupture, eruption) , or crack, in Earth’s crust.
What word completes the sentence?
A mid-ocean ridge can form along a huge RUPTURE or crack, in Earth’s crust.
Tell me 3 things you have learned in this Geology unit
Answers will vary
What is a myth?
A fictional story that explains natural phenomenon.
Why is it hard to give out early warnings before an earthquake hits?
It is hard to give out early warnings of an earthquake because they happen suddenly and quickly.
Where do the quotations and commas go?
The text states When lava cools, it turns into igneous rock.
The text states, "When lava cools, it turns into igneous rock."
Their vacation _______ ended due to COVID spreading.
What word completes the sentence? Think of a word that uses the root "rupt".
Their vacation ABRUPTLY ended due to COVID spreading.
Describe the volcano myth we read about in Chapter 5 of the Geology Reader. You may look back at the chapter to refresh your memory, but only for 10 seconds. GO.
The volcano myth was about 2 sisters who were enemies. One sister created a volcano to create a new island to get away from her sister. It was said that each time the volcano erupted, the spirit was angry, but if she were calm, the volcano was silent.
What are seismographs?
An instrument that measures and records details of earthquakes force and length.
What is a similarity of earthquakes and volcanoes?
What is a difference of earthquakes and volcanoes?
Answers will vary.
Similarities: They are both caused my plate tectonics, they are both natural disasters that are dangerous.
Differences: One causes the ground to tremble and crack, the other erupts and creates igneous rock.
Unscramble this sentence to put the adjectives in the correct order AND put commas where they belong.
volcano erupted American the big ancient
The big, ancient, American volcano erupted.
Have you read the _______ on Alfred Wegener?
What word completes the sentence? The word uses the root "graph".
Have you read the BIOGRAPHY on Alfred Wegener?
What is a cause and effect of an earthquake?
What is a cause and effect of a volcano?
If a volcano erupts more and more, it creates an island.