Vocabulary/Earthquakes

Vocabulary

100

Choose the correct vocabulary word:

to make different/to change

a.) collapse

b.) alter

c.) hazard

alter

200

Choose the correct vocabulary word:

to fall down or to cave in

a.) collapse

b.) alter

c.) destruction

collapse

300

Choose the correct vocabulary word:

a dangerous of difficult situation for a period of time

a.) collapse

b.) crisis

c.) hazard

crisis

400

Choose the correct vocabulary word:

serious DAMAGE or ruin

a.) destruction

b.) alter

c.) hazard

destruction

500

Choose the correct vocabulary word:

something that can cause danger or HARM

a.) collapse

b.) unpredictable

c.) hazard

hazard

Vocabulary

100

Choose the correct vocabulary word:

dangerous or SERIOUS

a.) severe

b.) alter

c.) hazard

severe

200

Choose the correct vocabulary word:

large or considerable amount

a.) collapse

b.) alter

c.) substantial

substantial

300

Choose the correct vocabulary word:

not behaving in a way that is expected

a.) unpredictable

b.) alter

c.) hazard

unpredictable

400

Choose the correct vocabulary word:

to make different/to change

a.) collapse

b.) alter

c.) hazard

alter

500

Choose the correct vocabulary word:

serious DAMAGE or ruin

a.) collapse

b.) destruction

c.) hazard

destruction

Story Question

100

In the story "Earthquakes" they compared the Earth's crust to what.....

a.) a lego

b.) a jigsaw puzzle

c.) a car

b.) a jigsaw puzzle

200

What is a seismologist?

a.) a person who makes perfume

b.) a scientist who studies trees

c.) a scientist who studies Earthquakes

c.) a scientist who studies Earthquakes

300

Why did Dr. Cifentes become a seismologist?

a.) because her parents made her

b.) because she lived through an Earthquake

c.) because she didn't have any other choice

b.) because she lived through an Earthquake

400

In 1960, the Earthquake struck which country?

a.) Chile

b.) Canada

c.) China

a. Chile

500

What does the word magnitude mean in our story?

a.) how strong an Earthquake is

b.) Earth's plates

c.) Earth's crust

a. how strong an Earthquake is

Story Question

100

What is a fast moving wave called?

a.) a breeze

b.) ocean

c.) tsunami

c. tsunami

200

True or False: Earthquakes and Tsunami's are predictable.

False

300

During an Earthquake, you should stay away from what....

a.) a sturdy surface

b.) a glass window

c.) a pillow

b.) a glass window

400

During an Earthquake you should not use a....

a.) elevator

b.) a pillow

c.) hide under a sturdy table

a.) elevator

500

In the story, it stated that a tsunami hits Japan and it raced the Pacific Ocean at a speed of ____ miles per hour.

a.) 5 mph

b.) 1,000 mph

c.) 150 mph

c.) 150 mph

Trivia

100

True or False:

Pumpkins are a fruit.

TRUE

200

Name the three most common colored Fall leaves:

a.) red, yellow, orange

b.) red, orange, green

c.) red, yellow, black

a.) Red, yellow, orange 

300

How did Fall get its name?

Hint: What happens to tree during this time?

Leaves FALL off of the trees

400

True or False:

You can eat all of the parts of a pumpkin.

TRUE

500

The original name of a popular October candy was called chicken feed.  What do we call this candy?

a.) sour patch kids

b.) candy corn

c.) airheads

b.) candy corn