What is the main idea of the passage?

• Mining is bad for the environment.

• Human-induced earthquakes are dangerous.

• Some earthquakes are due to human activity.

• Earthquakes can happen anywhere in the world.

Which detail best supports the main idea?

• Earthquakes typically occur near tectonic plates.

• The number of earthquakes has dramatically increased in the U.S.

• Engineers are learning how to minimize earthquakes caused by human activity.

• Removing materials from the earth can cause stress to faults, leading to earthquakes.

Which of the following best describes the organizational pattern/text structure for this passage?

• problem and solution

• cause and effect

• compare and contrast

• description

What word(s) helps the reader determine the organizational pattern of the passage?

• dangerous; unpredictable

• caused; due to

• like; types

• companies are now hiring engineers to study earthquakes and learn how to minimize them

The Author's Viewpoint is what the reader can reasonably infer the author thinks or believes about the topic of the passage.

Based on the information in the passage, what can the reader infer about the author's viewpoint regarding the passage?

• The author believes that earthquakes are just part of nature.

• The author believes it is important to study earthquakes in order to know how to prevent or minimize the effects of earthquakes when possible.

• The author feels that there isn't anything anyone can do to minimize earthquakes.

• The author is blaming big companies for many of the devastating earthquakes.

Which of the following text features would be best to include to help enhance the reader's understanding of the text?

• a graph to show how human behavior has caused an increase in earthquake occurrences over the last decade

• a photograph to show what an earthquake looks like

• a glossary to define what earthquakes are

• a map to help the reader locate specific regions where earthquakes are occurring more often

What does the root ject mean?

• to throw

• former

• to say

• out

What does the root dict mean?

• to throw

• to say or speak

• out

• not

Which word from the passage has a prefix that means "out", "from", "former"?

• unpredictable

• injected

• extracted

• minimize

Which of the following words has a root that means "to throw"?

• unpredictable

• minimize

• injected

• extracted