The Earth Moves - Mid-Point Review

My family bought flashlights and batteries in _____________ for the upcoming natural disaster.

In, "Sound the Alarm", what types of technology were helping to warn people that danger was coming?

What word means the size or strength of something; the power of an earthquake?

What word means to cause damage to people or things?

One type of _______________ that occurs in California is an earthquake.

Westport, Washington is in danger of being hit by a giant ______________.

One challenge with the sirens that many cities use is that the ______________ often go dead.

The city will _______________ a tsunami shelter to help keep the residents safe.

What do we call the area around the edge of the Pacific Ocean where there are many faults?

What do we call scientists who study earthquakes?

"Two plates try to move, but they cannot. Pressure builds up. Suddenly, they slip free. What happens next?"

The two places where plates meet is a ____________.

Thankfully, the town is building a ____________________ at it's school to keep its residents safe.

One way that the shelter is protected from tsunamis is that it is built on a giant ____________.

What kinds of disasters happen near the Ring of Fire?

What did Sebastian connect the alarm to in order to get the information out whenever the alarm went off?

Shifting plates can also make a _______________ erupt.

The town spreads ____________ about the tsunami shelter in order to keep its residents safe.

What part of the school are they using to build the tsunami shelter?

What was the problem that Sebastian Alegria noticed after living through a natural disaster?

__________ means to notice something that is not easy to see or hear.

Volcanoes and undersea earthquakes can trigger giant waves called ____________.