Mammoth Shakes and Monster Waves Vocabulary

________ is a drug used in medicine to kill bacteria and to cure infections

• Epicenter

• Gauge

• Antibiotic

• Magnitude

________ is the point of the earth’s surface directly above the focus of an earthquake

• Epicenter

• Backwash

• Degradation

• Tsunami

________ is to break open or burst

• Traumatize

• Rupture

• Magnitude

• Degradation

________ is a huge ocean wave caused by an underwater earthquake or volcanic eruption

• Traumatize

• Epicenter

• Backwash

• Tsunami

_______ is a backward flow of water

• Tsunami

• Magnitude

• Antibiotic

• Backwash

_______ is a measure of the amount of energy released by an earthquake

• Gauge

• Magnitude

• Degradation

• Epicenter

________ is to upset or shock someone, causing emotional and mental pain

• Traumatize

• Degradation

• Antibiotic

• Rupture

_______ is damage done to something in nature, by weather or water

• Backwash

• Magnitude

• Degradation

• Antibiotic

________ is to measure something or judge it, as in to make an estimate

• Rupture

• Gauge

• Magnitude

• Epicenter

_______ is a scale ranging from 1-10 that expresses the amount of energy released by an earthquake

• Traumatize

• Gauge

• Magnitude

• Richter Scale