Question

I need help with Lesson 9: The Forces of Nature: Unit Test.

For questions 1-5 choose the answer that best matches the word in parenthesis.
1. The (magnitude) of the disaster is hard to imagine.
A. size
B. pain.
C. debris
D. ripple effect
2.) The police officers blocked off the road until all of the (debris) from the accident was cleared.
A. danger
B. evidence
C. rubbish
D. traffic
3.) The oil spill (dispersed) throughout the river, killing hundreds of fish.
A. combusted
B. leaked
C. spread
D. waded

Answer 1

1. The answer is A: size. Magnitute means large size or great importance. Ripple effect means one event producing effects that produce further effects.

2. The answer is C: rubbish. Debris means broken or torn pieces of something larger.

3. The answer is C: spread. Dispersed means to scatter or move away over a large area, or to cause this to happen.

To combust: to start to burn.

To wade: to walk through water

To leak: to allow liquid or gas to escape.

Answer 2

1. The (magnitude) of the disaster is hard to imagine. A. size: magnitude refers to something big, so size should be the correct answer
2. The police officers blocked off the road until all of the (debris) from the accident was cleared. C. rubbish: all of the remains from the accident
3. The oil spill (dispersed) throughout the river, killing hundreds of fish. C. spread: it went all over the river