Week 1a
What instrument do scientists use to measure and record details about earthquakes and help keep us safe?
What is a seismograph?
What happens when a hurricane goes over a large area?
What is widespread? It is when a hurricane can go over a large area or among many people which causes damage and destruction.
I literally have only two minutes to get to my next class.
What is literally? If you say something literally happened, that means that it actually happened, and you aren't exaggerating.
It was so sunny out that the rays were radiating brightly.
What is radiate? To radiate is to spread out in waves or rays.
Henry promised that he would eventually work on the photo album-after he finished a few other projects.
What is eventually? It means it will happen at some time, usually after other events.
What do people do when there is danger from a hurricane, tornado, or volcano eruption?
What is an evacuation? It is the act of moving from a dangerous area to a safer one.
What is it called when you worry that something bad may happen?
What is alarming? The news about the upcoming storm was alarming to many people.
What type of monthly maintenance does a dog require?
What is maintenance? It is the act of taking care of something and repairing it when needed.
When two lines don't touch, what is that called?
What is parallel? If two or more things are parallel to each other, they move in the same direction and never touch.
What region of New York do you live in?
What is region? These are areas in a particular state. (Like Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, Manhattan)
Where does the towns water come from?
What is a reservoir? It is where a supply of something is collected.
When you are in danger of something or someone you are called a ______.
What is a victim? If you fall victim to something you suffer or die because of it.
Building a new set of homes required destruction of the trees that had been there for over a hundred years.
What is destruction? It is the act of destroying or ruining something.
When something moves from side to side it is called a _______ way.
What is lateral? If something moves in a lateral way, it moves from side to side.
Jake put wheels on his speakers to make them mobile.
What is mobile? This is when something is able to move or be moved easily.
What does it mean to confer with someone?
What is conferring? It is a discussion two people have to make a decision.
What grade were you in during the prior school year?
What is prior? It means coming before, in time order.
Tipping one domino triggered the others to fall down.
What is triggered? If you trigger an action or event, you did something to start it.
When we have a change in the schedule because of an assembly it is __________.
What is modified? This is when something is revised, or changed.
When the ship was anchored in the port, we went into town for supplies.
What is anchored? It is something that is firmly attached to something else, or weighed down so it won't move easily.
What happens when an earthquake occurs?
What are consequences? These are the outcomes or effects of events.
The magnitude of the road project required hundreds of workers.
What is magnitude? It refers to the size of something.
The lava thrusted to the top of the volcano.
What is thrust? It is to push something with great force.
The storm surge flooded the homes near the beach.
What is surge? It is a sudden powerful movement forward or upward.
An engineer checked the foundations that support all the homes to make sure they were well built.
What is foundations? These are the base pieces houses and buildings are built upon.