Weather

Question 1

Drought

Answer 1

A long period when there is little or no rain.

Ex: A severe drought has caused to ruin most of the wheat crops in California.

Ex: a drought is to blame for the lack of rainfall in many constant years.

Question 2

Avalanche

Answer 2

A large mass of snow, ice, and rocks that falls down the side of a mountain.

Question 3

Hailstorm

Answer 3

A storm when a lot of hail falls

Question 4

Tsunami

Answer 4

An extremely large wave caused by violent movement of the earth under the sea

Question 5

Volcanic eruption

Answer 5

An occasion when a volcano explodes, and flames and rocks come out of it

Question 6

Wildfire

Answer 6

A fire that is burning strongly and out of control on an area of grass

Question 7

Summit

Answer 7

Mountain peak

Question 8

Cliff

Answer 8

A high area of rock with a very steep side

Question 9

Meadow

Answer 9

A field with wild grass and flowers

Ex: There is a path through the meadow to the village

Question 10

Crater

Answer 10

A round hole at the top of a volcano

Question 11

Plain

Answer 11

A large area of flat dry land

Question 12

Mountain ridge

Answer 12

A long area of high land at the top of a mountain

Question 13

Plateau

Answer 13

A large area of flat land that is higher than the land around it

Question 14

Puddle

Answer 14

A small pool of liquid on the ground from rain

Question 15

Pond

Answer 15

An area of water smaller than a lake that is either natural or artificially made

Question 16

The eye of the hurricane

Answer 16

The eye of a storm is roughly circular area

Question 17

Richter scale

Answer 17

The richter scale measures the intensity of an earthquake

Question 18

Fault lines

Answer 18

Fault lines are to blame for earthquakes

Question 19

Magnitude

Answer 19

The large size
Ex: they don’t seem to grasp the magnitude of the problem

Question 20

Aftershock

Answer 20

Suddenly movement of the earth’s surface
Ex: if you are feeling aftershock, you have just survived a strong earthquake

Question 21

Casualty

Answer 21

A person injured in a serious accident
Ex: the train was derailed but there were no casualties

Question 22

Crust

Answer 22

A hard outer covering of something
Ex: earthquakes are a result of the movement of ‘plates’ in the earth’s crust

Question 23

Play Havoc

Answer 23

(Cause) Confusion or lack of order
Ex: natural disasters play havoc and wreck lives

Question 24

Forest ranger

Answer 24

A person whose job is to protect a forest
Ex: forest rangers are constantly on guard for the first sign of a widfire

Question 25

Evacuate

Answer 25

To move people from a dangerous place to somewhere safe Ex: Several families were evacuated to British

Question 26

Stream

Answer 26

Small river Ex: the stream was quite shallow so we were able to walk across it.

Question 27

Marsh (or swamp)

Answer 27

Very wet, soft land Ex: the Everglades is a large region of marsh land in Florida

Question 28

Glacier

Answer 28

A large mass of ice that moves slowly

Question 29

Gulf

Answer 29

A very large area of sea surrounded on three sides by a coast Ex: warships are heading towards the gulf of Mexico

Question 30

Strait

Answer 30

A narrow area of sea that connects two larger areas of sea. Ex: the strait lies between the Atlantic ocean and the mediterranean sea

Question 31

Inlet

Answer 31

A narrow channel of water that goes from a sea or lake into the land

Question 32

Blizzard /‘blizrd/

Answer 32

A sever snow storm with strong wind - a raging blizzard Ex: sever weather such as blizzard, hurricanes, flash flood can cause serious damage and the loss of life Ex: A raging blizzard paralyzed the entire traffic of the city

Question 33

Bizarre

Answer 33

very strange and unusuall Ex: some of mother Nature’s forces are so bizarre and expected - a bizarre situation

Question 34

Freaky or freakish

Answer 34

Very unusual or unexpected in unpleasant or strange way Ex: freaky forces of Nature

Question 35

Sweep

Answer 35

To move especially quickly and powerfully Ex: a tornado with wind speeds of 110km an hour can sweep away entire houses

Question 36

Derail

Answer 36

To make a train come off the railway tracks Ex: a tornado with wind speeds of more than 400km an hour has power to derail trains

Question 37

Tear

Answer 37

To pull apart Ex: a tornado tears grass from the ground

Question 38

Pavement

Answer 38

A path with a hard surface on side of a road that people walk on Ex: keep to the pavement, there’s good girl

Question 39

Come off

Answer 39

1. To fall from something Ex: a little boy has just fell his bicycle 2. **Come off well** Ex: I though you came off well in a contest