Worksheets of Teaching Listening

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Earthquake
1. How does earthquake happen? Tell the story.

Source: earthquake 101 National geographic (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7ho6z32yyo)

Here are some words to help you.

collapse devastating crust subduction moving magma shift

measure destruction deadly beneath violent rattle restless
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2. Complete the sentences below, use words in the box to help. (Scores max:
20)
1) The ground start to quiver glasses rattle soon wall shifts and everything begin to …. .
2) Telltale signs of what could be a ……… earthquake.
3) We have seen the destruction, they unleash some of us may have even lived through
one and we know they can be deadly but where does this mountain …… force come
from.
4) While we may think we're ….. on solid ground the earth beneath us isn't completely
stable at all.
5) Our planet's ……. is made up of about 12 major tectonic plate that fit together like a
giant jigsaw puzzle.
6) These huge slabs of land float on …… and constantly shift bump and grind against
one another.
7) It's there along the seams ….. earthquake tend to happen.
8) When friction between the two plates is ….. enough, seismic shock waves ripple
through the ground rattling everything that standarts on it.
9) The stronger and …… the quake the more violent the destruction.
10) The most violent type of earthquake is born in a ….. zone, where one tectonic plate is
shoved beneath another.
11) While one plate is forced downward into the mantle the other just upward often
violently, this is a type of quake that rocked …. in May 2015.
12) When subduction happens under the ocean it can create giant …… waves called
tsunami, like the one that killed hundreds of thousands in japan and Indonesia.
13) On average earthquakes kill about 10.000 people each year. Sometimes numbers are
….. the quake that hit Haiti 2010 killed.
14) More than 300.000 by some cows making it one of the …. on record.
15) It is estimated that there are 500.000 detectable earthquakes in the world each year
100.000 of this can be felt and 100 of them caused damage, that's about 0.1%. The
magnitude of an earthquake is …… using the richter scale which runs from 0 to 10, 10
being the strongest.
16) Every whole number increase on the scale means 10 times more ground motion
change. In …… history the world has never experienced a 10 on richter scale, but
scientists predict an average of at least one major quake of magnitude 8 or higher
every year.
17) The fact is the earth's crust is ……. and always on the move. We can't see
earthquakes coming but we can prepare for them.
18) Engineers are now …… stronger building resilient enough to survive a direct hit.
19) Scientists are ….. data to project the power of future quakes and anticipate when and
where they can strike next.
20) Right now we can only estimate the ……. an earthquake will occur, but perhaps one
day we will learn to predict them, minimizing their destruction and saving countless
lives.
 Worksheets of Teaching Listening
Sekolah Tinggi Keguruan Ilmu pendidikan Al Hikmah
Surabaya

collapse subduction
standing unstoppable
crust recorded
superheated magma devastating
shallower moving
probability where
far higher violent
deadliest restless
measured designing
Nepal crunching

3. Listen to the story and check your answers to exercise 2.

4. Join the two halves to make full sentences. (Scores max: 10)

a. The ground start to quiver glasses rattle soon wall shifts

b. Telltale signs
c. We have seen the destruction,
d. We know they can be deadly
e. While we may think we're standing on
f. Our planet's crust is made up of about 12 major tectonic plate
g. These huge slabs of land float on superheated magma
h. It's there along the seams
i. When friction between the two plates is violent enough,
seismic shock waves ripple
j. The stronger and shallower the quake
 Worksheets of Teaching Listening
Sekolah Tinggi Keguruan Ilmu pendidikan Al Hikmah
Surabaya
Answers Key

Die Earthquake
1. death 1. collapse
2. neurons 2. devastating
3. including 3. moving
4. capillaries 4. standing
5. no active 5. crust
propulsion 6. superheated magma
6. discoloration 7. where
7. forensic 8. violent
investigators 9. shallower
8. rigor 10. subduction
9. uncontrolled 11. Nepal
10. proper blood 12. unstoppable
11. release 13. far higher
12. 14. deadliest
microorganisms 15. measured
13. abdominal 16. recorded
14. stinky 17. restless
15. rotting tissue 18. designing
16. maggots 19. crunching
17. beetle 20. probability
18. dry decay a. and everything begin to collapse .
19. remaining b. of what could be a devastating earthquake.
20. will be broken c. they unleash some of us may have even lived
through one.
d. but where does this mountain moving force come
from.
e. solid ground the earth beneath us isn't completely
stable at all.
f. that fit together like a giant jigsaw puzzle.
g. and constantly shift bump and grind against one
another.
h. where earthquake tend to happen.

i. through the ground rattling everything that

standarts on it.
j. the more violent the destruction.