Question 1

(n) a sudden event or accident which causes great damage or suffering: ● Thousands of people died in the earthquake. It was a ______.

Accepted Answer

disaster

Question 2

Use the word in brackets to form a word that fits the gap: ● It was a _______ (DISASTER) mistake which he regretted for the rest of his life.

Accepted Answer

disastrous

Question 3

(n) lots of snow which falls down the side of a mountain: ● The village was buried by an ______ which came down from the mountain.

Accepted Answer

avalanche

Question 4

(v) make sth happen: ● The storm _______d a lot of serious problems.

Accepted Answer

caused

Question 5

(n) harm: ● Some fishermen cause ________ to the coral reef and kill many creatures that live there.

Accepted Answer

damage

Question 6

(n) a large amount of water covering an area that is usually dry: ● It rained for days and there were terrible _______s.

Accepted Answer

flood

Question 7

(n) a storm with very strong fast winds: ● The ______ called Katrina destroyed many parts of the city of New Orleans.

Accepted Answer

hurricane

Question 8

(n) a fire that starts and spreads very quickly and cannot be controlled: ● The _______ burnt thousands of trees.

Accepted Answer

wildfire

Question 9

(n) when rocks and earth fall down off the side of a mountain: ● The rain caused a _____ and rocks blocked the road for weeks.

Accepted Answer

landslide

Question 10

(n) vapour from hot water: ● Don't burn your hands on the ______ coming from that hot saucepan.

Accepted Answer

steam

Question 11

(n) the current that causes the rise and fall of the sea level twice a day: ● The beach ball was pulled out to sea by the ______.

Accepted Answer

tide

Question 12

(adv) again and again, without stopping: ● He waited for his interview, ________ looking at his watch.

Accepted Answer

constantly

Question 13

(v) to happen suddenly and cause a person or place to suffer&#58; ● Lightning never ______s the same place twice.

Accepted Answer

strike

Question 14

Use the word in brackets to form a word that fits the gap: ● She grew up in a small ______ (COAST) town.

Accepted Answer

coastal

Question 15

(n) an animal; a living thing&#58; ● There are lots of strange _______s that live in the ocean.

Accepted Answer

creature

Question 16

(n) the environment where an animal or plant lives or grows: ● The tropics are the natural _______ of parrots.

Accepted Answer

habitat

Question 17

(adj) of the sea: ● She studies _______ life in the Mediterranean Sea.

Accepted Answer

marine

Question 18

Use the word in brackets to form a word that fits the gap: ● The process of ______ (ADAPT) to a new school is difficult for some children.

Accepted Answer

adaptation

Question 19

(n) the top or outside part of sth: ● These plants float on the ________ of the water.

Accepted Answer

surface

Question 20

(n) an animal that gives birth to young animals, not eggs, and can feed them with its natural milk: ● Dolphins and whales are ________s, not fish.

Accepted Answer

mammal

Question 21

Use the word in brackets to form a word that fits the gap: ● I felt a bit short of ______ (BREATHE) and had to sit down.

Accepted Answer

breath

Question 22

Use the word in brackets to form a word that fits the gap: ● I watched a curious _______ (DOCUMENT) on natural disasters the other day.

Accepted Answer

documentary

Question 23

(n) a species whose numbers are so small that the species is at risk of extinction&#58; ● Many countries have laws that protect _______________  ___________ and their habitats.

Accepted Answer

threatened species

Question 24

(n) a long time without enough rain: ● A lot of plants and animals died in the _______.

Accepted Answer

<P>drought </P>

Question 25

(n) an occasion when a volcano explodes, and flames and rocks come out of it: ● The skeletons of two victims of the volcanic _______ that destroyed Pompeii in 79 AD have been discovered.

Accepted Answer

eruption

Question 26

(n) sb who works for an organisation that helps people in difficult situations: ● ____________s arrived to help the families left homeless after the earthquake.

Accepted Answer

volunteer

Question 27

(v) fall down: ● The block of flats _________d in the earthquake.

Accepted Answer

collapse

Question 28

(v) to keep sb in a dangerous place that they want to get out of but can't: ● The people of the village were ______ped in their homes by the heavy snow and couldn't get out to buy food.

Accepted Answer

trap

Question 29

(n) the fact of a person, organization, etc. continuing to live or exist: ● Nowadays, everyone should have at least basic _________ skills.

Accepted Answer

survival

Question 30

(v) to do something as a reaction to something that somebody has said or done: ● How did they ________ to the news?

Accepted Answer

respond

Question 31

(n pl) things such as food, medicine, etc. that you need to live or in order to do a particular activity: ● They keep their food and other _________ over there.

Accepted Answer

supplies

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