"Can you imagine a group of people chasing a lump of cheese?" Chasing means: - throwing - running after and trying to catch
running after and trying to catch
Some of these people are (rumbling/mumbling/tumbling) down the steep hill.
tumbling
This is steep/gradual.
steep
Snow, ice, and rocks falling quickly down a mountainside is called (an avalanche/ a mountainslide)
an avalanche
Often, people get____________ under an avalanche. (digged/buried/buryed)
buried
In the 2010 avalanche in Afghanistan, what did searchers hear that helped them find survivors?
cell phone rings
Used to find survivors, these are called avalanche (sticks/probes/wires)
probes
The Tacoma Narrows Bridge was an (invention/suspended/suspension) bridge.
suspension
The man moved like a baby because he couldn't walk: he (crawled/hopped) toward one of the bridge towers.
crawled
Finally, the bridge 'caved in'. That means: it suddenly stopped 'resisting' the wind and fell. True/False
True
The new Tacoma Bridge has been nicknamed 'Sturdy Gertie.' 'Sturdy' means (weak/strong)
strong
The Spirit of St. Louis took (33.5/11/40) hours to cross the Atlantic.
33.5
