Vocabulary
What does alter mean?
To change something
What kind of text feature shows a location?
Map
What is Dr. Cifuentes' job?
Seismologist/ studies Earthquakes
What should you do if you are in bed during an Earthquake?
Cover your face with a pillow and stay in bed.
What can Earthquakes create?
mountains and landscapes
what does collapse mean?
When something falls down
What text feature separates different parts of the story with names?
Subheading
What does Dr. Cifuentes compare the moving of Earth's plates to?
Boiling Milk
What should you never use to get around during an Earthquake?
Elevator
Where did scientists predict an Earthquake that was wrong?
Japan
What does substantial mean?
A lot of something
What do you call the main name of a story?
Title
Why did Dr. Cifuentes become a seismologist?
She lived through a dangerous Earthquake.
If you are outside during an Earthquake where should you go?
Away from buildings
Earthquakes can cause what other kind of natural disaster?
Tsunamis
What does hazard mean?
Something is unsafe
What text features shows you information that has been gathered.
Graphs, charts, or data
Where did Dr. Cifuentes' family move to?
Chile
What are the two best places to shelter inside during an Earthquake?
A sturdy doorway/ under strong furniture
The Tsunami caused by the largest Earthquake traveled 1___ miles per hour.
150 MPH
What does severe mean?
extreme
What do you call the text feature that describes and image?
Caption
Dr. Cifuentes moved to Chile in what year?
19__
1960
What is debris?
broken up bits of building and destruction
What causes Earthquakes?
Earth's plates crash together, spread apart, and slide against each other