But people did not know there was a much bigger earthquake to come. ‘An earthquake is a sudden shaking or movement of the Earth’s crust. Learn about earth-shattering earthquakes with our differentiated earthquakes reading comprehension texts and follow up activities. The earthquake was a big one. Soon they would find out what it was like to live through the biggest earthquake in history. Answer the questions according to the reading passage. Sign up instantly here. Earthquakes and Volcanoes - The Earth's crust is constantly moving throughout the world. People took cover until the quake ended. Earthquakes are related to cracks in the crust called faults. London, however, was also a journalist and war correspondent. A comprehension worksheet paired with an informational text about earthquakes. In the text, students will read a text about earthquakes then be asked a series of comprehension questions about the passage. science,earthquake,earthquakes,comprehension,geology Earthquake Comprehension Download the entire collection for only $99 (school license) This is one of 1058 premium worksheets that is available to members. Improve your students’ reading comprehension with ReadWorks. Read the following passage carefully. Student's will read the passage from London's report and respond to questions on the details and the vocabulary. Directions (Q. No one knew this earthquake was a foreshock until bigger earthquakes started to happen. Level V children's story and exercises - "Earthquakes and Tsunamis". A comprehension activity with provided information sheet, questions and suggested answers. An earthquake comes like a thief in the night, without warning. This teaching resource is a comprehension worksheet asking questions about an informational text. 3 One famous earthquake was the Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906. This activity pack includes a Year Five and Six (Grade Four and Five) informational non-fiction passage with six pages of unique and engaging text-dependent questions and higher-order thinking tasks. Unseen Passage Pdf – 4. The Earth's crust moves when blocks of the earth abruptly slip past one another. Free reading comprehension worksheets from K5 Learning; no registration required. A leveled short story with comprehension exercises for kids, taken from our collection of leveled reading workbooks. ID: 15142 Language: English School subject: English as a Second Language (ESL) Grade/level: Pre Int Age: 9-12 Main content: Reading comprehension Other contents: earthquakes Add to my workbooks (20) Download file pdf Embed in my website or blog Add to Google Classroom Membership costs $4 a month, and you can cancel anytime. It was necessary, therefore to invent instruments that neither slumbered nor slept. 1 to 5) : Read the following passage and answer the questions given below it in the context of the passage. It moves in some places more often than in other places. Earthquakes occur when the moving tectonic plates that make up the Earth’s surface move apart, … Answer: (d) A major earthquake is expected to strike in the next two or three decades. After news of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake broke, he was asked by "Collier's," a prominent news and literary magazine, to report on the aftermath of the earthquake. Earthquakes under the sea sometimes cause huge waves that are extremely powerful and dangerous when they hit land. As the earthquake hit San Francisco, it overturned stoves and gas lamps, which started fires all over the city. This results in an Earthquake. 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