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S5B Unit 7.1b

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  • confusion and lack of order, especially causing damage or trouble:
    havoc
  • a person injured or killed in a serious accident or war:
    casualties
  • a fault (= a break in the earth's surface)
    fault lines
  • an extremely large wave caused by movement of the earth under the sea, often caused by an earthquake (= a shaking of the earth)
    tidal wave/ tsunami
  • a sudden violent movement of the earth's surface, sometimes causing great damage:
    Earthquake
  • the large size or importance of something:
    magnitude
  • a hard outer covering of something:
    crust
  • a person whose job is to protect a forest or natural park:
    ranger
  • a small, hard ball of ice that falls from the sky like rain
    hailstones
  • a violent wind that has a circular movement, especially in the West Atlantic Ocean:
    Hurricane
  • the center of a storm, which rotates around a central point.
    Eye of the Hurricane
  • a mass of rock and earth moving suddenly and quickly down a steep slope
    landslide/ landslip
  • a system used to measure the strength of an earthquake:
    Richter scale
  • a group of people who work together in an organized way for a shared purpose:
    organization/ organisation
  • a situation in which there is not enough food for a great number of people, causing illness and death, or a particular period when this happens:
    Famine
  • a long period when there is little or no rain:
    drought
  • a sudden movement of the earth's surface that often follows an earthquake and is less violent than the first main movement:
    aftershock
  • notice of a possible danger or problem
    warning