Which Text Says More? is a free printable Grade 2 English worksheet on weighing what each of two texts covers, aligned to Common Core standard RI.2.9. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 24 of them with different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
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Which Text Says More?
RI.2.9
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Read the text, then answer the questions.
1.Read the text, then answer the questions.
Earthquakes
The Earth's crust is not one piece. It is broken into huge slabs called plates, and the plates are always moving — about as fast as your fingernails grow.
Where two plates meet, they can catch on each other. Pressure builds up for years while they are stuck.
When they finally slip, all that stored energy is released at once. The ground shakes. That shaking is an earthquake.
Most earthquakes are too small to feel. A few are strong enough to bring down buildings, which is why new buildings in some places are made to sway.
1. How is an earthquake different from a volcano?
2. How is an earthquake like a volcano?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.
Volcanoes
A volcano is an opening in the Earth's crust where hot rock reaches the surface.
Deep underground, rock is so hot that it melts. Melted rock is called magma. Magma is lighter than the solid rock around it, so it rises.
When magma reaches the surface it is called lava. Lava can pour out slowly in rivers, or it can burst out in an explosion, depending on how thick it is.
As lava cools it hardens into new rock. Layer after layer, this new rock builds the mountain we call a volcano.
1. How is a volcano different from an earthquake?
2. How is a volcano like an earthquake?
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Answer key — Which Text Says More?
Set 18. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. An earthquake is the ground shaking; a volcano is melted rock coming out and building a mountain. 2. Both are caused by what the Earth's crust is doing, and both can be dangerous.
2.1. A volcano builds new rock at the surface; an earthquake shakes the ground that is already there. 2. Both happen because of movement and heat inside the Earth.
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.2.9 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.