Module 3 Week 1 Vocabulary

What is a seismograph?

• An instrument that measures and records details about hurricanes.

• An instrument that measures and records details about an earthquake.

• An instrument that tells you how long until an earthquake reaches you.

• An instrument that tells you when you need to leave your house when an earthquake is coming.

Which is NOT a reason why someone would evacuate an area?

• Hurricane

• Tornado

• Earthquake

• Flood

• Thunderstorm

Which is the best definition for the word reservoir?

• A place where a supply of something is collected.

• A place where a supply of something is thrown out.

• A place to keep extra supplies you bought but won't fit in your house.

Which word means that you are discussing an idea or trying to make a decision with someone else?

• conferring

• consequences

• conviene

• evacuate

Which situation would you have to face a consequence for?

• Putting your games away after playing with them.

• Walking your dog like your mom asked.

• Not being prepared for school.

• Going to bed early.

Which is the best definition for the word widespread?

• Something that happens over a large area or among many people.

• Something that happens over a small area or among few people.

• Something that happens everyday to the same people.

• Something good that happens every year.

What is something that would NOT be alarming for you to see?

• A funnel cloud

• Lightening strike a tree

• Baseball sized hail falling from the sky

• A light rain hitting your swing-set outside

Which sentence uses the word victim correctly?

• Rescuers carried a victim of the storm's devastation.

• Rescuers left the girl on the victim to wait for her mom.

• The victim was funneling right towards our house.

Which is the best definition for the word notable?

• Something worth noticing.

• Something not worth noticing.

• Something that measures an earthquake's strength.

• Something that measures a tornado's strength.

A spontaneous act is something that is not planned, it just happens.

• True

• False