Could a volcano pop up where you live? Vocabulary Review

A volcano that is erupting or that is likely to erupt in the future

• volcano

• volcanologist

• active volcano

• erupt

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A type of rock formed when thin, fast moving lava cools and is usually very dark in color

• basalt

• extinct volcano

• lava

• map

when lava quickly comes out of a volcano

• extinct volcano

• erupt

• Ring of Fire

• predict

a volcano that is likely not to erupt in the future

• pattern

• erupt

• extinct volcano

• map

Liquid rock that flows or explodes from a volcano

• volcanologist

• basalt

• map

• lava

A drawing of a place that shows where things are

• map

• erupt

• predict

• pattern

Something that happens again and again and again in a way that can be predicted

• active volcano

• pattern

• extinct volcano

• erupt

To guess what will happen based on things you know

• Ring of Fire

• predict

• volcano

• volcanologist

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A group of active volcanoes that forms a circle shape around the Pacific Ocean

• basalt

• Ring of Fire

• erupt

• map

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A high area of land with an opening where lava flows or explodes out from

• basalt

• erupt

• lava

• volcano