When a Volcanoe Erupts

What effect does volcanic eruption have on the meaning of the passage? Pick TWO choices.

• It helps the reader understand that all volcanoes are the same.

• It helps the reader learn that volcanoes have different parts.

• It helps the reader imagine what a volcano is

• It helps the reader to think that he/she will be reading about volcanoes.

Pick three details form the passage that best support the idea that volcanoes are dangerous?

• Most people imagine that volcanoes are just mountains that are blowing on top.

• Erupting volcanoes can cause landslides, earthquakes and tsunami.

• Some volcanoes are quite.

• Volcanic ash can make airplanes lose power.

• They can wipe out animals and plants for hundreds of square miles.

Some volcanoes like Hawaii's Kilauea, erupt quietly, gently oozing out lava. Then the earth begins to quiver quickly.

What is the meaning of the word quiver?

• roll

• shake

• roar

• burn

Hunks of molten rock called lava bombs cool and harden as they fall, stampeding almost anything in its path.

What does the word stampeding most likely tell the reader about lava bombs? Pick two choices.

• Lava bombs from a volcano moves quickly.

• It's hard to identify which way lava bombs might move.

• Animals will run away from the lava bombs.

• Lava bombs may knock over anything on its path.

• The lava bombs move slowly.

Why does the author write this passage?

• To tell when a volcano erupts.

• To let us know that volcanoes cause problems.

• To help us understand what volcanoes are and explain the dangerous effects of volcanic eruption.

• To compare volcanoes to earthquakes.