Module 3 Vocabulary Review

____ - a sudden powerful movement forward or upward

• destruction

• regions

• category

• surge

____ - a group of things that are similar to each other in some way

• category

• foundations

• reservoir

• prior

____ - instruments that measure and record details about earthquakes, such as their strength and how long they last

• seismographs

• evacuation

• widespread

• magnitude

____ - the outcomes or effects of events

• consequences

• literally

• anchored

• regions

____ - the act of moving from a dangerous area to a safer one

• evacuation

• widespread

• magnitude

• foundations

____ - a place where something is collected

• reservoir

• prior

• consequences

• literally

____ - something that happens over a large area or among many people

• widespread

• magnitude

• destruction

• regions

____ - areas

• regions

• category

• foundations

• surge

____ - something that actually happened and you aren’t exaggerating or using a metaphor

• literally

• anchored

• seismographs

• evacuation

____ - the base pieces houses and buildings are built upon

• foundations

• surge

• triggered

• reservoir