Roll and Read (Green) 1 2 3 4 5 Do animals have a Does this sense help More than two Just days later, an An earthquake is a them know when thousand years ago, a special sense? They earthquake shook the sudden movement of earthquakes and story goes, snakes and might also sense city! Earth’s crust. volcanoes will happen? rats left a city in changes in the air. Greece. There is no way to Animals may be able In 1975, Chinese They told people to A few days later a know when or where to feel the ground leaders noticed that leave the city of huge earthquake an earthquake will tremble before many animals were Haicheng. came. happen. humans do. acting strangely. Did the animals guess There is a story that They did this for At that same time, Maybe the dogs felt that an earthquake dogs once dug days before the hundreds of small them when people was coming? beneath the ground volcano erupted. earthquakes were could not! near a volcano. rumbling. Volcanoes can Scientists want to Scientists also look Earthquakes and Volcanoes have been destroy people and know how to predict at how rocks inside volcanoes can be very called “nature’s animals. them. They study a the volcano change dangerous. fireworks.” volcano’s past. over time. Magma, or hot, Many barnyard animals Dogs have been Birds in cages have Cats have hidden. were behaving melted rock, builds up known to howl before had trouble perching. Chickens have differently just before in a volcano’s chimney. an earthquake. stopped laying eggs. the earthquake. If you roll a 6, choose 1 block to read. Roll and Read (Blue)
Roll and Read (Green) 1 2 3 4 5 Do animals have a special sense? They might also sense changes in the air. Does this sense help them know when earthquakes and volcanoes will happen? More than two thousand years ago, a story goes, snakes and rats left a city in Greece. Just days later, an earthquake shook the city! An earthquake is a sudden movement of Earth’s crust. There is no way to know when or where an earthquake will happen. Animals may be able to feel the ground tremble before humans do. In 1975, Chinese leaders noticed that many animals were acting strangely. They told people to leave the city of Haicheng. A few days later a huge earthquake came. Did the animals guess that an earthquake was coming? There is a story that dogs once dug beneath the ground near a volcano. They did this for days before the volcano erupted. At that same time, hundreds of small earthquakes were rumbling. Maybe the dogs felt them when people could not! Volcanoes can destroy people and animals. Scientists want to know how to predict them. They study a volcano’s past. Scientists also look at how rocks inside the volcano change over time. Earthquakes and volcanoes can be very dangerous. Volcanoes have been called “nature’s fireworks.” Magma, or hot, melted rock, builds up in a volcano’s chimney. Many barnyard animals were behaving differently just before the earthquake. Dogs have been known to howl before an earthquake. Birds in cages have had trouble perching. Cats have hidden. Chickens have stopped laying eggs. If you roll a 6, choose 1 block to read. Roll and Read (Blue)
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