Volcanoes—Selection Test and Vocabulary

What does solid mean?

• cool and wet

• firm and hard

• soft and sticky

• rough and sharp

Where would you MOST LIKELY see something steep?

• in the sky

• in a field

• on a lake

• in the mountains

What does active mean?

• amusing

• careful

• busy

• messy

A local place is

• far away

• near your home

• in another country

• a place that has volcanoes

What is an island?

• land below water

• land circled by water

• water circled by trees

• sand that forms a beach

If you see something explode, it

• blows up.

• disappears.

• flattens out.

• gets bigger.

Properties mean

• jobs of workers.

• grades of students.

• talents of someone.

• qualities of something.

Which of the following words means the “ground or land”?

• border

• earth

• ocean

• volcano

What is Earth’s crust broken into?

• egg shells

• pans

• plates

• shields

How does a volcano form?

• when ice from glaciers build up

• when rocks build up around a mountain

• when lava pushes up through an existing mountain

• when a lot of lava flows out at one spot and forms a mountain