1) I live near Greensboro, North Carolina. I felt the earthquake today, sitting at my desk on the second story of my house - my computer monitor was vibrating from side to side so badly, I thought that my washing machine in the ro om next door had become seriously unbalanced. The only problem is, of course, I am not using my washing machine right now! I guess this is what it feels like to live in California.
It took me a few minutes to put two and two together. Then I………
2) Reporting from Dahlgren, VA (about 50 miles south of DC): We were at the stadium. A very interesting match had been waiting when this horror began. We….
3) It began while I was driving. It was awful. I did not know what to do. I looked for the safe place away from falling-object hazards. I tried to stop the car and….
4) I used to live in Greece and in 1980, the year after I moved there, we had a 6.8 earthquake. My first thought was that I'd overloaded the washing machine. My second thought was to grab the kids and run outside - very quickly! It's the only natural disaster that you can't predict and, believe me, it's no laughing matter. I was on the top of a 16 storey office building in Athens one year, and there was a 7.0. We swayed from side to side - running down sixteen flights of stairs to get out was not an option. Granted, a 5.8 is not that huge but it's devastating if you're living in a country without the sort of infrastructure designed to withstand even a minor quake. But I knew what to do. I……
TEST YOURSELF
1. An earthquake's point of initial rupture1 is called its….
a) epicenter b) focus c) special point d) platform
2. ….. is the device that scientists use to measure earthquakes.
a) a focus b) a quake c) a seismograph d) engine
3. …… is where the plates separate and move apart.
a) platform b) divergent boundary c) convergent boundary d) transform boundaries
4. ….. are locations where two plates slide past one another.
a) platform b) divergent boundary c) convergent boundary d) transform boundaries
5. When….. occurs along the edges of the plates due to their natural shifting, an earthquake occurs.
a) friction b) shift c) movement d) edge
6. The earthquake begins deep within the Earth at a place called …
a) epicenter b) focus c) special point d) platform
7. The strength of a quake is measured according to
a) seismograph b) devices c) scale d) the Richter Intensity Scale
8. Earthquakes are dangerous natural…..
a) harm b) damage c) disasters d) stress
9. If you want to survive you must take some…
a) actions b) precautions c) work d) items
10. The area of the Earth’s surface directly above this point is known as…..
a) epicenter b) focus c) special point d) platform
For Fun
Earthquake Challenge
Complete the multiple choice activity. Check your answers with keys. (page 101)
1. An instrument used to detect and record earthquakes.
a. ring of fire b. seismograph c. tsunami d. seismic waves
2. A crack in the earth's surface along which movement takes place.
a. 1fault b. epicenter c. focus d. tectonic plates
3. Used to measure the strength of earthquakes.
a. focus b. tsunami c. seismic waves d. Richter scale
4. The point within the earth where an earthquake rupture starts.
a. 2subduction b. San Andreas c. San Francisco d. focus
5. Large ocean wave created by undersea earthquakes or volcanic eruptions.
a. epicenter b. tsunami c. San Andreas d. Mexico
6. The zone of earthquakes and volcanoes surrounding the Pacific Ocean.
a. focus b. subduction c. ring of fire d. tsunami
7. The process of an oceanic plate 3colliding with and descending underneath a continental plate.
a. subduction b. focus c. Richter scale d. San Francisco
8. Waves from an earthquake are known as these.
a. San Francisco b. ring of fire c. Richter scale d. seismic waves
9. This country's capital city was devastated by an earthquake in 1985.
a. subduction b. Mexico c. Richter scale d. epicenter
10. Fault that makes California an area of high risk for earthquakes.
a. San Andreas b. ring of fire c. tsunami d. seismograph
11. The area of the earth's surface that is directly above the origin of an earthquake.
a. ring of fire b. San Francisco c. epicenter d. Richter scale
12. This city experienced an earthquake in 1989 which postponed baseball's Word Series.
a. Mexico b. San Francisco c. seismic waves d. San Andreas
13. The large, thin, plates that move relative to one another on the outer surface of the Earth.
a. Mexico b. subduction c. tsunami d. tectonic plate
1fault розлом
2subduction підсовування (однієї тектонічної плити під другу)
3collidе зіштовхуватися
Unit 7
Preparing for Emergencies
Vocabulary list
emergency
to hesitate
to assess
uninjured
safeguard
casualty
to establish
надзвичайний стан
вагатися
оцінювати
неушкоджені
охороняти, гарантувати
нещасний випадок, поранений
установлювати
