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Story Questions
1. 
A good title for this reading passage would be . . .
a. “Beginnings of the Revolutionary War.”
b. “Britain’s Abuse of Power.”
c. “United States Attacked.”
d. “America Caught in the Middle.”
2. 
A similarity between the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 is . . .
a. the fact that they were both started with the same U.S. President.
b. that fighting took place between the U.S. and Great Britain.
c. that Britain pulled France into the war.
d. that they took place when the United States was an old country.
3. 
In the last paragraph, what does the word player mean?
a. performer
b. actor
c. interrogator
d. participant
4. 
Based on the information in the passage, what caused the War of 1812?
a. Britain was trying to take over American territory.
b. France and Britain decided to fight for American territory.
c. America didn’t like how their ships were treated at sea.
d. France had set up a special arrangement with America.

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Geology
Geology is the study of the history of Earth. It is thought that Earth is about 4.6 billion years old. It 
has a very long history. Rocks provide a lot of important information about what happened in the past.
Geologists study rocks to determine how they were made.
There are a few rocks that are made of just one mineral—such as marble or quartzite—but most rocks 
are made up of more than one mineral. Most rocks have elements such as silicon, carbon, iron, and 
oxygen.
The outer layer of the Earth is called the crust. At this point, we are not able to directly study anything 
below the Earth’s crust. We are only able to drill down a few miles. This makes it difficult to study 
what is going on inside the Earth, but rocks and the ground are constantly being shuffled and pushed 
around through the years.
One way that rocks are formed and built up is from volcanic activity. Magma lies beneath the Earth’s 
crust and is forced to the surface. Rocks are moved and overturned from earthquakes. All rocks are 
broken down by a process called weathering. The weather plays a role in erosion and the breakdown of 
rocks. Water, rain, ice, and wind all contribute to the breaking down of rocks.
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