"Eruption!" Vocabulary Quiz

the outcomes or effects of events

• consequences

• seismographs

• alarming

something that makes you worry something bad will happen

• conferring

• alarming

• reservoir

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

• conferring

• seismographs

• evacuation

discussing an idea or trying to make a decision with someone

• conferring

• consequences

• alarming

something that happens over a large area or among many people

• alarming

• widespread

• seismographs

a place where a supply of something is located

• reservoir

• conferring

• widespread

instruments that measure and record details about earthquakes,

such as their strength and how long they last

• widespread

• seismographs

• reservoir

After the earthquake, the data on the _______ showed how strong it was.

• seismograph

• conferring

• alarming

Hearing a loud crash from the bedroom was ___ to my mom.

• alarming

• reservoir

• conferring

The city's ____ holds 4 million gallons of water.

• widespread

• alarming

• reservoir