Vocabulary
Technical Language
Comprehension
Cause/Effect
Misc.
100
This means to burst or break open
Rupture
100
This measure the magnitude of an earthquake
Richter Scale
100
What year did the earthquake hit in Indonesia
2004
100
Cause: No warning system
Effect: Others were not alerted and therefore, they died
100
Richter scale
200
Gauge
This means to measure or judge something
200
The receding of water
backwash
200
True or false: The Richter scale identified the earthquake as a 8.2. Making it the strongest earthquake in history
False. It was 9.3
200
Cause: Limited supplies
Effect: More injured villagers died
200
What war caused a lot of men to die?
The guerrilla war
300
"Peter! Stop __________________ your sister!"
traumatizing
300
People near the ____________ were swallowed up by the earthquake in less than 30 minutes
epicenter
300
What animal was attacking the man that was stuck in debris for 5 days?
Mosquitoes
300
Is this a cause or an effect: Relief workers were afraid to help.
How do you know?
Effect
Foreigners were not allowed in the village
300
What is the cause of 37 additional tremors
The earthquake
400
Doctors use ________ to cure patients sometimes.
antibiotics
400
The ___________ was calm when reacting to the elephant's warning sign to the tsunami.
mahout
400
Why did the author say that the villagers who had wound cleaned and left open were the lucky ones?
The village did not have painkillers. Therefore, people who had more severe injuries suffered more than the ones with wounds left open.
400
Cause or effect: A large company tried to take Laem Pom's land by bribing her
Cause
400
How many additional countries were affected due to the earthquake
4
500
There was so much ___________________ after the tsunami his Indonesia.
degradation
500
The _____________ were in complete dismay while recovering from all of the destruction.
aboriginals
500
Three times the women were killed in the tsunami. Why is that?
They had to swim fully clothed, so a lot of them refused to go which resulted in many not knowing how to swim.
500
Provide an example of any cause and effect
Answers may vary
500
What were the names of the additional countries affected?
Sumatra, Sri Lanka, Maldives, and Africa