America's Deadliest Disaster Vocab

The wreckage from the ship wreak washed ashore. What does wreckage mean?

• pieces of items that have been destroyed

• to destroy quickly

• a rising of the sea caused by wind

• large, expensive homes

What causes a storm surge like the one in your text?

• an earthquake

• very strong winds

• a boat

• the sun

If you devour your dinner then you

• take a long time

• throw it away

• quickly destroy it

Street cars are like buses that run on

• metal track

• the road

• the water

If you live in a mansion then your home is (there are two answers)

• large

• cheap

• expensive

• small

The word trillions mean a 1 with how many zeros?

• 10

• 11

• 12

• 13

A statement about what someone thinks will happen in the future is called a

• devouring

• prediction

• storm surge

• mansion