Click on the link below. Read the article posted there paragraph by paragraph. After reading each paragraph come back to this site and read the questions below. On a sheet of paper, answer the questions at whatever point you can. Next to the answer write either the paragraph number where you could find the answer or write "whole passage" if it is that type of question.
Article Question 1. All of the following can be caused by earthquakes EXCEPT a. landslides b. tsunamis c. violent storms d. volcanic eruptions Question 2. As it is used in the second to last paragraph, the word "vibrations" most nearly means a. volcanic eruptions b. giant sea waves c. ripple effects of plate movement d. all of the above Question 3. One conclusion the reader can make from the passage is a. People living closer to quake zones are in greater danger of damage from strong quakes. b. Large quakes today are less likely to kill huge numbers of people compared to large quakes a few centuries ago. c. both a and b d. neither a nor b Question 4. According to the passage, what is the primary reason for earthquakes occurring strongly enough for people to feel? a. temperature changes in the lithosphere b. built up stress behind Earth's plates c. an intricate fault system d. the population living on the Pacific Rim Question 5. Why do most earthquakes go unnoticed by people? a. most people don't live on fault lines b. most people don't understand plate tectonics c. humans create too many vibrations of their own d. most movement between plates is slow and gradual
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Click on the link below to read about a college entrance essay that helped one high school senior get into 5 Ivy League Universities. Don't worry about the second link unless you were absent when we read this article in class. The second link will take you to the assignment that was handed out in class. If you were absent you need to read the article then do the assignment.
LINK LINK 2 Click on this link to access the practice sheet given out on Friday 9/16/16
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Group 1:
1. What did Cletus Lebow say was his hardest challenge about being in the water? 2. How many died from the sharks according to Captain Quint? 3. The last paragraph quotes crewmen in order to show what? Group 2: 1. In line 23 the word “expendable” most likely means… 2. What happens if the shark is unable to find food? 3. What can be inferred about the Indianapolis wreck? 4. Why is it most likely that Quint “Doesn’t say anything about being thirsty?” Group 3: 1. In the third paragraph, line seven, the word “callous” most nearly means… 2. How much did the population of these sharks fall according to the Baumes research? 3. What does the author mean by saying the actions were taken too, little too late? 4. Why did the author add the statistic about the shark population? Group 4: 1. What percent of time do whitetips spend between the surface and 100 meters of depth? 2. The population of these sharks can be as small as what on Cat Island? 3. What can be inferred about the whitetip sharks based on paragraph 4? 4. What can be inferred about the whitetip sharks based on paragraph 7. Click on the following link and take the technology survey.
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