Volcanoes Vocab

What is an active volcano?

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

• A volcano that is not likely to erupt in the future

• A scientist who studies volcanoes

• A type of rock formed from lava

What is basalt?

• A liquid rock that flows from a volcano

• A type of rock formed when lava cools and is usually dark

• A drawing of a place

• A group of active volcanoes

What does it mean to erupt?

• To guess what will happen

• To study volcanoes

• When lava quickly comes out of a volcano

• A drawing of a place

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What is an extinct volcano?

• A volcano that is erupting

• A volcano that is not likely to erupt in the future

• A scientist who studies volcanoes

• A type of rock formed from lava

What is lava?

• A type of rock

• Liquid rock that flows or explodes from a volcano

• A drawing of a place

• A group of active volcanoes

What is a map?

• A drawing of a place that shows where things are

• A type of rock

• A scientist who studies volcanoes

• A high area of land with an opening

What is a pattern?

• A type of rock

• Something that happens again and again in a predictable way

• A scientist who studies volcanoes

• A high area of land with an opening

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What does it mean to predict?

• To guess what will happen based on things you know

• To study volcanoes

• When lava quickly comes out of a volcano

• A drawing of a place

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What is the Ring of Fire?

• A type of rock

• A group of active volcanoes around the Pacific Ocean

• A scientist who studies volcanoes

• A high area of land with an opening

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What is a volcano?

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

• A type of rock

• A drawing of a place

• A group of active volcanoes