Earthquakes
Phonics
Vocabulary
100

What happens when the plates in the Earth's surface shift?

Earthquakes

100

What makes the same oo sound as shook?

a.) hoot

b.) hood

c.) boot

b.) hood

100

What does damage mean?

a.) harm

b.) nice

c.) repair


a.) harm

200

What scale measures the power of an earthquake?


Richter Scale

200

What makes the same oo sound as wood?

a.) food

b.) good

c.) mood

b.) good

200

What does collapse mean?

a.) build up

b.) shake

c.) fall down


c.) fall down

300

What scale measures the damage from an earthquake?


Mercalli Scale

300

What has the same middle sound as push?

a.) book

b.) hoot

c.) bus

a.) book

300

What does predict mean?

a.) know something

b.) make a guess

c.) do nothing



b.) make a guess

400

What happens in the Pacific Ring of Fire?


Where most of the earthquakes happen.

400

True or False:

Is earthquake a compound word?

True

earth + quake = earthquake

400

What does data mean?

a.) collect facts

b.) listen to music

c.) watch TV


a.) collect facts

500

How many earthquakes happen every year?

a.) 1 thousand (1,000)

b.) 1 million (1,000,000)

c.) none


b. 1 million (1,000,000)

500

True or False:

Does boot and good have the same middle sound?


False

500

True or False:

Levels get you to the next step in a game or points on a scale, like the Richter Scale.

Do earthquake, tornados and video games have levels?


True