Name ______________________________ Rocking and Rolling By Phillip Steel Prediction ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ Author’s Purpose informpersuadeentertain

Rocking and Rolling Focus Skills: To use book parts to locate information To read and understand a nonfiction selection To write contractions correctly Genre Expository Nonfiction- explains information and ideas Summary This selection describes the four layers of Earth, and explains how Earth’s plates can shift to cause earthquakes or tsunamis, or push together to form mountains. The selection also explains the role wind and water play in shaping Earth’s features. Reading Strategy Adjust Reading Rate Often, reading complicated passages more slowly will help good readers understand new words and ideas. If they have difficulty locating information in one part of the selection, they can adjust their reading rate and try reading it more slowly.

Page 352 Color and label the four layers of the earth. Inner Coreyellow Outer Coreorange Mantlebrown Crustblue Compare and contrast the inner and outer cores of the earth. Inner Core Outer Core Page 354 How is the earth’s surface like a puzzle? ____________________ ____________________ ____________________

Why might scientists study the movements of the earth’s plates? __________________________________________ __________________________________________ Page 356 When an earthquake happens, its force moves in… one directionall directions Why do you think the author compares the movement of an earthquake’s force to the movement of ripples on a pond? ___________________________________________________________________________ Page 358 What causes a tsunami?______________________________________ Why is a tsunami more dangerous than an ordinary wave? _______________________________ _______________________________ Page 360 What kinds of underground movements form mountains?

Which type of mountain range are the Himalayas? ______________________________________________________ Why does Mount Everest keep growing? ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ Page 362 What might this area look like if the river had flowed for hundreds of thousands more years? How do you know? ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ Why is erosion still going on today in dry, sandy places like this one? _______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Where do you think small rocks come from? How do you know? __________________________ __________________________ __________________________

Think and Respond 1.Will Earth look the same in one million years as it does now? How do you know? ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ 2.Why is certain information placed in boxes or frames? ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ 3.How does magma change the shape of the Earth’s surface? ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ 4.What is one fact you learned from “Rocking and Rolling” that you did not know before? ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________

Use the graphic organizer to answer the following questions. Highlight the answers on the organizer. 1.What are cracks in the block mountains called? 2.How hot is the center of the earth? 3.The outermost layer of the earth is the crust. What is the next layer called? 4.What can magma be compared to? 5.True or false: a.People have dug to the center of the earth. b.The earth’s plates have drifted apart. c.There are no mountains under the ocean. d.The earth’s crust is made of metal. 6.What is an earthquake caused by? 7.To what can the force of an earthquake be compared? 8.How many earthquakes actually cause damage? 9.What are the three types of mountains? 10.Why will Mount Everest grow taller? 11.To what can the power of wind erosion be compared? 12.Why did the author write this article? 13.Why is there a National Disaster Prevention Day every year in Japan? 14.What occurs when an earthquake happens under land? What occurs when an earthquake happens under water?