Volcanoes Vocabulary

Choose the word group that has about the same meaning as the underlined word. The magma pushed up through the crust.

• hot ash

• liquid rock

• dust particles

• large boulders

Choose the word group that has about the same meaning as the underlined word. I could read the time on the face of the clock.

• bottom

• inside

• front part

• back side

Choose the word group that has about the same meaning as the underlined word. Wolves were able to reclaim territory in the mountains.

• avoid

• leave

• pass through

• take back

Choose the word group that has about the same meaning as the underlined word. The water gushes out of the fountain.

• drips quietly

• flows quickly

• stops moving

• trickles slowly

Which word is a synonym for threatened in the sentence? Many homes were threatened by the lava flow.

• angered

• weathered

• endangered

• excited

Which word means put in a risky position?

• magma

• reclaim

• threatened

• face

Which word is a synonym for surface?

• magma

• reclaim

• threatened

• face

Which word means take back?

• magma

• gushes

• threatened

• reclaim

Which word means liquid rock that is beneath the Earth's surface?

• magma

• reclaims

• threatened

• gushes

Which word is a synonym for spouts?

• magma

• reclaims

• threatened

• gushes