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Which idea is found in both selections?

• Hot liquid rock is called magma.

• Most earthquakes are small, but powerful.

• Changes begin deep below the surface of Earth.

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Both selections show that forces of nature can —

• change Earth

• cause magma to flow

• happen for no reason

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What is one way the selections are different?

• They have different topics

• One is fiction and one is nonfiction

• They have different numbers of paragraphs

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What new understanding can be formed after reading “The Power or Earthquakes” and “The Fury of Volcanoes”?

• both earthquakes and volcanoes can change the Earth's crust

• both earthquakes and volcanoes can not change the Earth's crust

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With which statement would the author of both selections agree?

• Earthquakes are more powerful than volcanoes.

• Volcanoes are more powerful than earthquakes.

• Earthquakes and volcanoes are both very powerful.

• Earthquakes and volcanoes do not affect Earth.

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Choose the word or word group that has about the same meaning as the underlined word.

Water flows down the river.

• changes

• moves

• joins

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Choose the word or word group that has about the same meaning as the underlined word.

People moved away after the disaster.

• ice moving slowly

• event causing loss

• waterfall moving rock

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Choose the word or word group that has about the same meaning as the underlined word.

He will try not to ruin his shirt.

• use

• fix

• destroy

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Choose the word or word group that has about the same meaning as the underlined word.

We had a small amount of rain.

• quantity

• season

• place

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Choose the word or word group that has about the same meaning as the underlined word.

The storm caused damage.

• melting

• harm

• landforms

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