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Created by Kelly Monette For Speech Improvement and Articulation 2006-2007 Grades 4-8 Target Skills: Vocabulary Acquisition, Fluency, Articulation and Comprehension
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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.
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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 lack of food is called__. Hunger Famine Rainstorm
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When the land violently moves and shakes especially around fault lines it’s called an__. Earthshake Earthquake Movement MovementMovement
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When an earthquake causes a huge body of water to move towards the shore it is known as a ____. tidal wave or tsunami tidal wave or tsunami rapids high tide high tide
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When there is a violent outbreak of lawlessness by people it’s called a ___. prison gang riot
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A loud noise and sometimes huge force created by something like a bomb is known as an __. boom explosion eruption
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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
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Something that makes the air, rivers, or seas dirty is known as__. A mess pollution smog
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