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Between the Glacier and the Sea The Alaska Earthquake Quaking

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does prior mean?

a)

size

b)

before

c)

literally

d)

fix something

2.

The _______________ crew had to come fix the plumbing in the apartment.

a)

prior

b)

magnitude

c)

maintenance

d)

literally

3.

There was __________ a 7.5 earthquake this morning, 2/16/2021.

a)

literally

b)

magnitude

c)

maintenance

d)

prior

4.

Seismographs can record and predict earthquakes, as well as the ____________, or size, of it.

a)

literally

b)

prior

c)

magnitude

d)

maintenance

5.

The __________________________ left behind after the 1964 earthquake was devastating.

a)

parallel

b)

triggered

c)

destruction

d)

magnitude

6.

Samantha _____________________ the dominoes falling by pushing the first one down.

a)

triggered

b)

thrust

c)

radiate

d)

maintenace

7.

The teenager _________________ his car by tinting to the windows.

a)

modified

b)

triggered

c)

retell

d)

summarize

8.

Instead of jumping up and down, I jumped over a stack of books, in a _______________ direction.

a)

maintenance

b)

earthquake

c)

natural disaster

d)

lateral

9.

Railroad tracks are _____________________.

a)

parallel

b)

triggered

c)

thrust

d)

modified

10.

The sun was __________________ in the sky

a)

falling

b)

magnitude

c)

destruction

d)

radiating

11.

The rocket was _______________ into the sky by its fuel.

a)

radiate

b)

thrust

c)

parallel

d)

lateral

12.

Samantha _____________________ the dominoes falling by pushing the first one down.

a)

triggered

b)

thrust

c)

radiate

d)

maintenace

13.

The __________________________ left behind after the 1964 earthquake was devastating.

a)

parallel

b)

triggered

c)

destruction

d)

magnitude

14.

It takes a lot of _____________________ to keep a school building looking nice.

a)

maintenance

b)

showers

c)

radiate

d)

thrust

15.

You are _______________ playing a vocabulary game right now.

a)

laterally

b)

destruction

c)

maintenance

d)

literally

16.

The 1964 Alaska earthquake was the largest in North American history, measuring a 9.2 ______________________.

a)

inches

b)

magnitude

c)

miles

d)

centimeters

17.

If something comes prior, it comes...

a)

in between

b)

after

c)

before

d)

during