Wordly Wise book 5 Lesson 15

Hurricanes, tornadoes, floods and forest fires are all examples of natural_____.

• fractures

• disasters

• minors

• predictions

Earthquakes do most damage because they strike without warning. With a hurricane, people usually have enough time to_____ to safety.

• flee

• lurch

• fracture

  petrify

• predict

Those who have lived through a big earthquake never forget it. Once you have felt the ground _______ beneath your feet, the earth never feels quite the same afterward.

• minor

• investigate

• lurch

• flee

The worst earthquake ever recorded happened in China in 1556. The damage was __________, and almost a million people died.

• immense

• minor

• major

• intense

In 1906 San Francisco earthquake started a terrible fire and killed 450 people. Those who survived it must have been ________ until the danger passed.

• sparse

• urban

• topple

• petrified

Buildings need not collapse even in a large earthquake. Walls can be strengthened to keep them from

• toppling

• investigating

• petrifying

• fracturing

The location of an earthquake makes a difference to what happens. The more ________ settled an area is, the less chance there is of serious damage.

• intensely

• sparsely

• urban

• immensely

Cities built on one of the earth's faults are most at risk. In recent decades, large _________ areas like San Francisco and Los Angeles have been hit hard.

• urban

• minor

• flee

• disaster