WorksheetsSan Francisco Earthquake
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
What is the main idea of this story?
Some people tried to loot valuables after the San Francisco earthquake.
No one knows for sure how many people lost their lives in the San Francisco earthquake.
An earthquake almost completely destroyed San Francisco in 1906.
What fueled the fires after the earthquake?
The streets cracked.
Buildings collapsed.
Gas lines leaked.
What does the word ESTIMATES mean in this story?
"No one knows for sure how many people lost their lives. But ESTIMATES run from 700 to 3,000 or more."
exact counts of people
guesses about number or size
careful measurements
Why was San Francisco almost completely destroyed by the earthquake?
because the earthquake happened in the morning
because firefighters created firebreaks
because fires burned for days
What is the best definition for the word:
FUELED
to take in
caused to spread
to steal or rob
What is the best definition for the word:
MAYOR
caused to spread
the leader of a city
to take in
What is the best definition for the word:
ABSORB
to move slowly back & forth
caused to spread
to take in
What is the best definition for the word:
SWAY
to move slowly back & forth
to steal or rob
caused to spread
What is the best definition for the word:
LOOT
to take in
to steal or rob
to move slowly back & forth
The earthquake's _______ caused many buildings to crumble.
firebreaks
vibrations
lines
engineers
Broken gas ____ caused fires to spread.
rubble
loot
firebreaks
lines
Firefighters made _______, but they sometimes made things worse.
firebreaks
vibrations
rubble
fueled
The police were ordered to shoot anyone who tried to ______.
lines
engineers
loot
fueled
Years later, _______ started making buildings that could sway instead of crumbling.
engineers
firebreaks
rubble
vibrations
Which word is spelled correctly?
loot
lutt
loote
Which word is spelled correctly?
swaey
sway
swaye
Which word is spelled correctly?
ruble
rubbel
rubble
Which word is spelled correctly?
valueables
valuables
Which word is spelled correctly?
abzorb
absorb
absorbe
Which word is spelled correctly?
firebreeks
firebreaks
firebreacks
Which word is spelled correctly?
estimat
estimate
estemate
