Post on 13-Jan-2016
Created by Kelly MonetteFor Speech Improvement and Articulation
2006-2007
Grades 4-8Target Skills: Vocabulary Acquisition, Fluency, Articulation and Comprehension
Before you can begin to test your knowledge on disaster vocabulary there are
a few things that I need to be sure you know.
Do your best and complete the following slides.
A violent storm would …….
Happen suddenly and have high winds and possible cause a lot of damage.
Be very scary
Be really cool to be in.
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The farmer has to harvest his crops.
What are crops?
The food grown by a farmer.
The weeds in the field.
The vegetables the farmer buys at the grocery store.
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The farmer lost much of his livestock in the flood.
What is livestock?
The farmers tools.
The animals of the farm.
The stock that the farmer own in his barn.
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Something that is massive is ……….
Really small.
Really big.
Really annoying.
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If there was widespread starvation there would be…
Widespread hunger
Widespread disease
Widespread violence
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We park our boat along the shore of the river. Where are you leaving your boat?
In the middle of the river.
Along the edge, when the land meets the river.
Where the river flows into a larger body of water.
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Which word from the group below means the same thing as massive?
Huge
Tiny
Smelly
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When something causes a lot of destruction it means…..
Things are beautiful.
Many things are damaged.
Everything looks the same as it always has.
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A violent and heavy snowstorm is called a _______.
Snow Day
Blizzard
Snowstorm
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When crops fail and livestock die through lack of water because of
no rain there is a ____.
Depression
Drought
Dry
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Massive starvation due to Massive starvation due to lack of food is called__.lack of food is called__.
Hunger
Famine
Rainstorm
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When the land violently When the land violently moves and shakes especially moves and shakes especially around fault lines it’s called around fault lines it’s called
an__.an__.
EarthshakeEarthshake
EarthquakeEarthquake
MovementMovement
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When an earthquake causes When an earthquake causes a huge body of water to a huge body of water to
move towards the shore it is move towards the shore it is known as a ____.known as a ____.
tidal wave or tsunami
rapids
high tide
Correct!Correct!
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When there is a violent When there is a violent outbreak of lawlessness outbreak of lawlessness
by people it’s called a ___.by people it’s called a ___.
prison
gang
riot
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A loud noise and A loud noise and sometimes huge force sometimes huge force
created by something like created by something like a bomb is known as an __.a bomb is known as an __.
boom
explosion
eruption
Correct!Correct!
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A violent wind that twist round and round and causes massive destruction is called a ___.
tornado
windstorm
hurricane
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A disease that spreads rapidly amongst a lot of
people in the same area is called an___.
cold
flu
epidemic
Correct!Correct!
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Something that makes the air, rivers, or seas dirty is
known as__.
A mess
pollution
smog
Correct!Correct!
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