Volcano Vocabulary

What does the term "lava" refer to?

• A very narrow space between two things

• Hot melted rock that flows from a volcano

• The soft gray powder that remains after something has been burned

• To change something from solid to liquid by heating

What is the meaning of "dormant" as an adjective?

• Wide and not thin

• Likely to explode

• Not active now, but able to be active at a later time

• To break open or apart suddenly and violently

What does "erupt" mean?

• To start to exist

• To happen suddenly

• To change something from solid to liquid by heating

• A very narrow space between two things

Which word describes something that is "wide and not thin"?

• Burst

• Thick

• Active

• Form

What is "ash"?

• The soft gray powder that remains after something has been burned

• Hot melted rock that flows from a volcano

• A very narrow space between two things

• To break open or apart suddenly and violently

What does "burst" mean?

• to start to exist

• to break open suddenly

• wide and not thin

• the soft gray powder that remains after something has been burned

Which word means "to change something from solid to liquid by heating"

• erupt

• dormant

• melt

• crack

Which word means "a very small space between two things"?

• erupt

• active

• crack

• lava

This is ____ from a volcano.

This is ______ from a volcano.