Share Wonders Gr4 Unit 1 Week 3 Reading comprehension
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Faults are breaks in Earth's crust where plates crash together spread apart and slide against each other
TRUE
The 2011 Japan earthquake was the fourth largest earthquake ever recorded with a magnitude of 9.0.
TRUE
The next big earthquake in Japan was predicted to happen farther north away from Tokyo.
FALSE
During an earthquakeit is safe to use elevators to evacuate the building
. FALSE
Earth's crust is solid and behaves like a thick gel.
FALSE
The crust of the Earth is divided into different pieces called plates.
TRUE
Dr. Inés Cifuentes is a seismologist who compares the movement of Earth's plates to the boiling of milk.
TRUE
Most earthquakes occur at the edges of Earth's plates.
TRUE
The largest recorded earthquake in history struck Chile in 1960 with a magnitude of 9.5.
TRUE
Faults are breaks in Earth's crust where plates crash together, spread apart, and slide against each other.
TRUE
Seismologists use seismographs to record the magnitude of an earthquake.
TRUE
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake is ten times smaller than a magnitude 6.0 quake.
FALSE
The 2011 Japan earthquake was the fourth largest earthquake ever recorded, with a magnitude of 9.0.
TRUE
Earthquakes under the ocean can create fast-moving waves called tsunamis.
TRUE
The 1960 Chilean earthquake produced tsunami waves up to 82 feet high.
TRUE
Tsunamis caused by earthquakes can travel at speeds of more than 100 miles per hour.
TRUE
