1 / 21

Vocabulary PowerPoint

Explore the vocabulary related to earthquakes, such as trembles, wreckage, slab, possessions, tenement, crushing, rubble, timbers, debris, constructed. Learn about the effects of earthquakes and how buildings can be constructed to withstand them.

tburke
Download Presentation

Vocabulary PowerPoint

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Vocabulary PowerPoint

  2. trembles People sense an earthquake when everything nearby shakes and trembles.

  3. trembles–shakes

  4. wreckage Even an earthquake shorter than one minute can leave wreckage.

  5. wreckage– leftover bits of something ruined

  6. slab A falling slab, or flat and thick piece, or concrete can destroy everything under it.

  7. slab – a broad, flat piece

  8. possessions A quake can damage people’s possessions. The things people own might be ruined.

  9. possessions–things one owns

  10. tenement A tenement, or poorly built apartment building, is especially at risk during a quake.

  11. tenement– an apartment building

  12. crushing If falling structures are crushing everything inside them, the street is the safest place.

  13. crushing –smashing

  14. rubble It can take time and effort to clean up broken bits of rubble.

  15. rubble – broken stones or bricks

  16. timbers Houses made of timbers, or wooden beams, can collapse like toothpick toys.

  17. timbers–large pieces of wood

  18. debris After an earthquake, the debris from a badly damaged road can be dangerous.

  19. debris– pieces of broken things

  20. constructed Buildings now can be constructed in a way that helps them survive quakes.

  21. constructed –built

More Related