Unit 4 - Violent Earth

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1. ancestors (n) Family members from past generations

2. Data (n) Facts, figures, and other evidence gathered through observations.
3. dawn (n) sunrise
4. destruction (n) great damage or ruin
5. detect (v) to discover
6. disaster (n) catastrophe
7. displace (v) to force to move or flee; to move out of position
8. expanding (v) getting bigger
9. inevitable (adj) certain to happen; unavoidable
10. laboratory (n) a workplace for the conduct of scientific research
11. massive (adj) large and heavy, huge
12. monitor (v) to watch closely and frequently; to observe and make note
13. precise (adj) exact
14. random (adj) by chance, not planned or prearranged; irregular
15. schedule (n) a plan that gives expected times for different things to happen
16. summit (n) the highest point of a hill or mountain
17. track (v) to follow
18. witnessed (v) saw something happen
19. zone (n) area