Benchmark Advance Unit 8 Vocabulary

collide

• when things move away from each other

• when things crash into each other

• when something is dropped

• to fall

The _________________ of the 1906 earthquake was devastating.

• destruction

• construction

• result

• city

an elder is someone who is

• younger

• bigger

• smaller

• older

If something is described as global it effects

• just one city

• just one country

• the entire planet

• nothing

When archeologists unearthed Pompeii they _______________ the remains of the city and its people.

• buried

• watched

• revealed

• missed

Scalding means

• something that is a little hot

• to burn with very hot liquid

• extremely cold

• yelling

The ____________________ of the earth was a warning that the volcano would soon erupt.

• move

• heat

• cold

• trembling

a seismograph measures

• sound

• distance

• vibrations

• miles

A ___________________ built of bricks would be dangerous in an earthquake.

• structure

• tree

• street

• car