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Grade 5S: Vocabulary

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  • Snow rushing down from mountains is known as GALE/AVALANCHE/ICE BERGS
    AVALANCHE
  • Another word for flashlight. 
    Torch
  • Odd one out. EMERGENCY. (disaster/crisis/resurgence/calamity)
    Resurgence
  • Why do we see lightning a few seconds before we hear thunder
    Light travels faster than sound.
  • This very rare but real light phenomenon is called (coke/fanta/sprite/miranda)
    SPRITE
  • Shape of a tornado. (Funnel/pentagon/hexagon/cylindrical)
    Funnel
  • Odd one out. SUPPLIES. (bracelet/bandage/tape/medicine)
    Bracelet
  • Winds during Monsoon season travel from land to sea. (T/F)
    FALSE
  • There have been tornadoes in all continents except one.
    Antarctica
  • Odd one out. SHELTER. (safe/protect/shield/exposed)
    Exposed
  • What is another word for CELCIUS. (centipede/centicious/centigrade/centipode)
    CENTIGRADE
  • Odd one out. PLAN. (system/structure/method/fluke)
    Fluke
  • What cloud produces thunderstorms? (Cirrus/Stratus/Cumulus/Cumulonimbus)
    CUMULONIMBUS
  • The word "TSUNAMI" is not an English word. What language is it?
    JAPANESE
  • We do this in an emergency. (CDR / CPR / CRT / CRS)
    CPR
  • Which of the 4 seasons is peak season for tornadoes?
    Spring
  • To leave a dangerous place and go to a safe place is to 
    Evacuate
  • The earth is split into 2 hemispheres (northern & southern) or (western and southern)
    northern and southern
  • The word hurricane comes from the word (huracan/hurry up/hurray/hoorah)
    huracan (ancient Maya god)
  • Which is the driest continent?
    Antarctica