Wonders-Wildfires- Vocabulary Quiz

What does the word "respond" mean? 

• ask
• create
• react
• start 

What does the word "prevention" mean? 

• to keep something from happening
• to cause something to happen 
• to want something to happen
• to watch something happen 

Which of the following is an example of a "disaster"? 

• moving to a new house
• the opening of a school
• a baseball game
• a forest fire

What is "equipment"? 

• toys for older children
• the place people work
• a training class for a job
• the supplies you need to do a job

What does the word "accidental" mean? 

• not noticed
• not expected
• not understood
• not agreed upon

What does it mean to be "careless"?  

• not paying close attention
• carefully planning the details
• doing something very slowly
• closely paying

Read the dictionary entry below.
adj. 1. causing injury or damage
Which selection vocabulary word matches the dictionary entry? 

• accidental
• careless 
• equipment
• harmful

What does the word "purpose" mean? 

• an animal that lives in the ocean
• the result of something that is done
• something that someone plans to do 
• the reason for which something is done