Vocabulary: Disasters

A... is an enormous wave that is often caused by an earthquake.

• flood

• tsunami

• earthquake

• storm

An... is when the ground shakes violently because of movement inside the earth.

• earth

• earthquake

• flood

• airplane crash

An... is when a plane falls to the ground from the air.

• flood

• earthquake

• storm

• airplane crash

A... is when a large amout of water from rivers covers the ground around it.

• flood

• wildfire

• tsunami

• storm

A... is when it rains heavily, it is very windy, and there is thunder and lightning.

• flood

• storm

• tsunami

• wildfire

• earthquake

A... is when a fire spreads and destroys woods and other land.

• storm

• airplane crash

• earthquake

• flood

• wildfire

When there is no enough water to meet people's needs.

• homeless

• water shortages

• starvation

• famine

This is when there is an extreme lack of food, often for a long period of time.

• homeless

• starvation

• famine

• hirricane

This is when people die because they don't have enough to eat.

• starvation

• famine

• flood

• hurricane

This describes someone who doesn't have a place to live in and who often sleeps on the streets.

• shaft

• narrow

• first minister

• homeless

• paramedic