| A | B |
| upheaval | a lifting or upward movement of the earth’s crust |
| devastation | destruction or ruin |
| fault | a break in a rock mass caused by a shifting of the earth’s crust |
| impact | the striking of one body against another |
| jolt | a sudden jerk or bump |
| shuddered | shook, vibrated, or quivered |
| debris | the remains of something broken |
| undulating | moving in waves or with a smooth, wavy motion |
| susceptible | easily affected |
| collide | to bump into another mass with force |
| funnel cloud | tornado cloud that is wide at the top and narrow where it touches the ground |
| jagged | having a sharp, pointed edge of outline |
| lightening | the flash of light in the sky when electricity passes between clouds or between a cloud and the ground |
| prairie | flat, open grassland |
| rotate | a lifting or upward movement of the earth’s crust |
| severe | serious or extreme in nature |
| sizzling | crackling with intense heat |
| tornado | rotating columns of air accompanied by whirling funnel-shaped downspouts that can cause great destruction |