Selection 3 Volcanoes
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Houghton Mifflin Miami-Dade 5th Grade Theme 1 Selection 3 Supporting Comprehension Questions
- 1.Why do you think the author began the selection by writing about Vulcan and Pele?
- A.
To show that he knows about mythology
- B.
To show that people have been fascinated by volcanoes for a long time
- C.
To inform the reader about Vulcan and Pele
- D.
To persuade the reader to learn about Vulcan and Pele
- 2.
- 3.What do you think the author meant when he says that Mount St. Helens awakened from its long sleep?
- A.
It seemed like the mountain was sleeping when it was quiet and then it seemed like it woke up when it erupted.
- B.
That the mountain woke up the people of the city
- C.
It looked like the mountain was really haunted
- D.
It seemed like an earthquake activated the mountain
- 4.Do you think the suddenness of Mount St. Helens’s eruption surprised people? Why or why not?
- A.
Yes, because they thought it was going to erupt during the summer
- B.
No, because the meteorologists had predicted it would erupt
- C.
No, because Mount St. Helens erupts at the same time every three years
- D.
Yes, because if they had expected it, everyone would have evacuated or moved away
- 5.What do you think happened to the rest of Mount St. Helens’s summit?
- A.
Maybe scientists blasted it so they can study it better
- B.
Maybe it is still there but we haven't found it yet
- C.
Maybe it was blown to small pieces or burned
- D.
Maybe it was blown away by a hurricane
- 6.Why do you think the author included a diagram on page 89?
- A.
To show how the earth's plates go together and where they are
- B.
To show his artistic skills
- C.
To give his illustrator more work to do
- D.
His camera wasn't working that day
- 7.How is Hawaiian lava different from the lava produced by volcanic eruptions elsewhere?
- A.
It is thin and flows quickly
- B.
It bubbles out noisily
- C.
It is slow moving
- D.
It flows out slowly and cools quickly
- 8.How can scientists tell what kind of eruption occurred by studying cooled lava formations?
- A.
The rough, sharp rocks called aa tell scientists tell scientist that the lava flow was thick and slow-moving.
- B.
The smooth, billowy lava called pahoehoe tells them that the lava was thin, hot, and fast moving.
- C.
Scientists can't tell because all lava looks the same after it cools
- D.
Both a and b
- 9.Why do you think the author included the lava’s Hawaiian names?
- A.
To show that he knows Hawaiian words
- B.
To show how comon lava is in Hawaii
- C.
To show that lava can only be found in Hawaii
- D.
Because the English words were harder to read
- 10.Why do you think scientists divide volcanoes into groups?
- A.
Maybe they have to share the volcanoes with other scientists
- B.
Maybe to see which one is the tallest
- C.
Maybe it helps them study volcanoes and make predicitons about them
- D.
Maybe there is no reason
- 11.Why do you think the author compares volcanoes to warriors’ shields and upside - down ice cream cones?
- A.
To give the readers familiar objects to compare them to
- B.
To teach the reader about weapons of long ago
- C.
To persuade the reader to eat ice cream
- D.
To entertain the reader with funny jokes
- 12.How does the author help readers understand the way a plugged-up volcano erupts?
- A.
By comparing it to a dome shaped building
- B.
By comparing it to an earthquake in California
- C.
By comparing it to a bottle of soda with a cork in it
- D.
By comparing it to a can of soda pop
- 13.Why do you think Crater Lake is so deep?
- A.
Because several volcanoes kept erupting until it ran out lava
- B.
Because lakes are deeper than any other body of water
- C.
Because hurricanes do not affect lakes
- D.
When it erupted and blew its top off,the remaining rock fell down into the open vents where the magma had flowed up
- 14.How does the author end the selection?
- A.
Warning us that we are doomed
- B.
Predicitng that a mighty volcano will erupt in 2012
- C.
Describing how life returns a few months after a volcano erupts
- D.
Inviting us to travel to Hawaii and photograph volcanoes
- 15.Why do you think the author ends the selection in this way?
- A.
Maybe he wants people to understand that good things happen as a result of volcanoes
- B.
Maybe he likes happy endings
- C.
Maybe he does not want the reader to have nightmares
- D.
Maybe he feels volcanoes are the best natural disasters
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