Hurricanes Vocabulary Log and Context Clues Quiz

"Neil needed to refuel the helicopter, but he and his crew refused to abandon the woman."

What is the meaning of the word abandon?

• the quality or state of being human; the quality or state of being kind to other people or animals

• to leave and never return to

• to remove from the usal or proper place

• in a nervous, hurried, or panic-stricken way

"Frantically, Andrea's husband, Greg, dialed 911 for help."

What is the meaning of the word frantically?

• in a nervous or panic-stricken way

• coming in a large, fast stream

• to remove from the usual or proper place

• a difficult or dangerous situation that needs serious attention

"Katrina also caused a crisis for the animals of New Orleans."

What is the meaning of the word crisis?

• to leave or cause to leave a place of danger

• to leave and never return to

• in a nervous, hurried, or panic-stricken way

• a difficult or dangerous situation that needs serious attention.

"Even though the Covington Community Garden Team members were displaced and had needs of their own, they answered the call to clean up and replant the garden."

What is the meaning of the word displaced?

• empty of people or animals

• to move by or as if by forceful stirring action

• to remove from the usual or proper place

• required by rule or law

"Everglades National Park was to preserve lifeforms. It is a park of birds, mammals, fish, reptiles, and amphibians, and of plants."

What is the meaning of the word preserve?

• required by rule or law

• to keep from injury, loss, or ruin

• a difficult or dangerous situation that needs serious attention

• the quality or state of being human; the quality or state of being kind to other people or animals

"Many roofs and some buildings destroyed; sever window and door damage; major flooding with water on lower floors of buildings; many people must be evacuated."

What is the meaning of the word evacuated?

• to move by or as if by forceful stirring action

• to keep or save from injury, loss, or ruin

• required by rule or law

• to leave or cause to leave a place of danger

"Their block was deserted. There were no motorcycles vrooming. No kids laughing and shouting. No music playing or basketballs bouncing. Usually the trees were filled with birds, and frogs chirped from the bushes. But where wasn't a bird in sight, and not a peep was to be heard."

What is the meaning of the word deserted?

• empty of people or animals

• a difficult or dangerous situation that needs serious attention

• to move as if by forceful stirring action

• coming in a large, fast stream

"They streamed to the Crescent City. Thousands. Millions. A flood of humanity."

What is the meaning of the word humanity?

• to remove from the usual or proper place

• the quality or state of being human; the quality or state of being kind to other people or animals.

• to keep or save from injury, loss, or ruin

• to move by or as if by forceful stirring action

"As the winds swirled ever faster, Andrew churned across the Bahamas."

What is the meaning of the word churned?

• to move by or as if by forceful stirring action

• to keep or save from injury, loss, or ruin

• required by rule or law

• empty of people or animals

"There's a mandatory evacuation. First time in New Orleans history."

What is the meaning of the word mandatory?

• to leave and never return to

• required by rule or law

• empty of people or animals

• in a nervous, hurried, or panic-stricken way