Volcanoes—Selection 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 or moving

• 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

• does nothing

Properties mean

• jobs of workers.

• grades of students.

• talents of someone.

• qualities of something.

Which of the following words means the “ground or land; the planet we live on”?

• border

• earth

• ocean

• volcano

Which word means melted rock below the earth's surface?

• magma

• grass

• rocks

• water

Which word describes a mountain or hill that has an opening where lava may erupt from the earth's crust?

• rock

• tornado

• volcano

• thunder