Karin's ESL PartyLand/ ©1999 by Karin M.
Cintron & Karl Graham
Reproducible for Classroom Use
Matching: Natural Disasters
Match each of the words in Column A with a definition from Column B.
| ____ 1. drought | A. the act of making people leave a place because of danger |
| ____ 2. mudslide | B. a place where people can sleep in an emergency |
| ____ 3. emergency shelter | C. a big wave that can destroy towns near the sea |
| ____ 4. flood | D. a disaster when there is no rain for a long time |
| ____ 5. famine | E. a very bad snowstorm |
| ____ 6. evacuation | F. a disaster when there is no food |
| ____ 7. blizzard | G. a disaster in which snow and ice move quickly down a mountain |
| ____ 8. tsunami | H. a lot of water |
| ____ 9. aftershock | I. a disaster in which hills become too wet and the soil moves |
| ____ 10. avalanche | J. a small earthquake after a larger one |