Emergency Vehicles
Search and Rescue
Unit 3 Vocabulary
Question Words
Natural Disasters
100

This vehicle is capable of putting out fires and rescuing people and animals.

What is a fire engine?

100

This animal can get to places that are hard for humans to get to. A GPS on a vest can help find missing people.

What is a trained rescue dog?

100

This word means to look for something.

What is "search"?

100

This question word asks about a person.

What is "who"?

100

This disaster occured in Japan 10 years ago.

What is an earthquake?

200

This vehicle is used to transport people to the Emergency Room after an accident.

What is an ambulance?

200

This animal has an amazing eyesight and has the ability to go faster and farther than humans. The technology is still being developed.

What is a raven?

200

This word means to find something.

What is "rescue"?

200

This question word asks about a place.

What is "where"?

200

This water disaster is a result of another disaster.

What is a tsunami?

300

This vehicle can lift and transport your car if it breaks down.

What is an "Tow truck"?

300

This animal can sniff out TNT used in bombs.

What is a rat?

300

These two words describe people or animals who come to the scene of an accident.

What are "first responders"?

300

This question word asks about a reason.

What is "how"?

300

California experiences this kind of natural disaster every year.

What is a forest fire or wild fire?

400

This emergency vehicle can be seen in parks or tourist areas. It has two wheels and can go places that cars cannot go.

What is a police bicycle? 

400

This animal ha been used for search and rescue for hundreds of years.

What is a dog?

400

This word is a noun that describes a person who does something amazing in a disaster.

What is a "hero"?

400

This question type asks about a range between two numbers.

What is a scale question?

400

This natural disaster is related to pressure in the earth's crust and mountains.

What is a volcano?

500

This emergency vehicle has just two wheels and can drive on the shoulder of the road.

What is a police motorcycle? 

500

This breed of dog was used for hundreds of years in Switzerland to rescue people who were lost or trapped in the mountains. 

What is a Saint Bernard? 

500

This word is an adjective that describes a person who does an amazing thing in a disaster.

What is "heroic"?

500

This type of question requires a one-word answer.

What is a yes/no question?

500

This kind of natural disaster happens more on the east coast and middle states. It is also featured in the old movie "The Wizard of Oz".

What is a tornado?

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