from Planet Earth by Christine Taylor-Butler

What heading or Subheading would you find information about the earth's four main layers?

• Mission Earth

• Above and Below

• Dividing Time

• The Core

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What is the layer of Earth between the crust and the core?

• outer core

• crust

• mantel

• inner core

Both the caption and paragraph 4 on page 439 tell us that?

• That the Himalayan mountains in Asia grow taller each year.

• The earth's outermost layer includes the continental crust and oceanic crust.

• The earth has seven major plates and many smaller ones.

• tectonic plates sliding against each other can cause mountains to get taller

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What text features are shown on page 440 that support understanding?

• diagrams, captions, and a heading

• diagrams and captions

• heading and diagrams

• two diagrams

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Both the text and the caption on page 441 tell the reader that----

• Earth's core has two layers.

• no one has ever drilled deeper than 1.4 miles.

• the temperature of the sun is about 11,000 degrees Fahrenheit.

• enormous pressure and radiation keep this layer hot.

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Both the text features and the subheading A Layer of Protection on page 442 helps the reader understand--

• it contains the air we breathe.

• the stratosphere is about 30 miles high.

• the troposphere is about 7 miles high.

• the function of Earth's atmosphere.

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Which subhead would you find information about special drills that bore through the hard oceanic crust?

• The Undiscovered Deep

• To the Center of the Earth

• Misson Earth

• Destination Space

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The picture on page 448 was included to show---

• how scientist uses specialized equipment to study the crater at Mount Erebus.

• how the scientist is standing at a dangerous spot.

• how smoke is coming out of Mount Erebus

• how Mount Erebus is so popular it has its own Facebook page.

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The caption on page 449 was included to show---

• how the U.S Air Force maintains these satellites.

• how the ISS orbits 240 miles above Earth.

• how the Aqua satellite looks like.

• how the Aqua satellite is a joint project.

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In paragraph 21, The reader can infer that satellites--

• are only used for helping people find locations.

• might help track down criminals if they escape from prison.

• might help with weather patterns, unusual movements of many people, and actions taken by the military in other nations.

• might help us discover alien life in other planets.

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