Day 6 STAAR® Blitz Assignment

What is the most likely reason the author uses a cause-and-effect organizational structure in the selection?

• To explain how earthquakes cause other natural disasters
• To explain how earthquakes are different from landslides
• To explain the reasons why earthquakes are considered one of the deadliest natural disasters
• To explain the main causes of earthquakes

How does the author mainly organize paragraph 2?

• By comparing the 1906 San Francisco earthquake to the 1923 Tokyo earthquake
• By listing the different ways fire can spread after earthquakes
• By explaining how earthquakes cause fires and providing examples of fires caused by earthquakes
• By describing the areas where fires normally spread after earthquakes

In which paragraph can the reader find a specific example of the destruction caused by landslides?

• Paragraph 2
• Paragraph 3
• Paragraph 4
• Paragraph 5

From the title “Secondary Effects of Earthquakes,” the reader can infer that -

• the only effect of earthquakes is the shaking ground
• earthquakes have more effects than just shaking the ground
• earthquakes do not cause much damage after they stop
• there are many causes of earthquakes

Which key idea do the details in paragraph 7 support?

• An earthquake’s epicenter is the place where an earthquake starts.
• Earthquakes can cause tsunamis when they occur in or near the ocean.
• Normal waves are not very long.
• A tsunami wave can be very long.

Based on the information in paragraphs 7 through 9, what can the reader conclude about tsunamis?

• Tsunamis are predictable and avoidable.
• Tsunamis are minor events that do not affect many people.
• Tsunamis are major events that mainly damage ships sailing across the deep ocean.
• Tsunamis are unpredictable and can cause large amounts of damage.

What is the best way to revise sentence 1?

• The huge walls of water break and crash on the shore.

• The huge walls of water crash, break on the shore

• The huge walls of water crash because the huge walls of water break on the shore.

• Because the huge walls of water crash, they break on shore.

Sentence 5 is written incorrectly. Select the response that corrects this sentence.

A tsunami_________the sand off the beaches, rip out trees, and crush buildings.

• pulled

• can pull

• pulling

• have pulled