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Violent Vents and Legend of Pele Vocab

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

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Class
Date
1.

What does “revelry” most likely mean in the story?

a)

A quiet moment of reflection

b)

A loud celebration or party

c)

A dangerous race

d)

A type of sled

2.

Which word means “to see something happen”?

a)

Scoffed

b)

Pinnacle

c)

Witness

d)

Disguised

3.

What is the meaning of “pinnacle” as used in the story?

a)

A mountain volcano

b)

The highest point or top of something

c)

A sharp weapon

d)

A type of sled

4.

If someone “scoffed,” how did they act?

a)

They laughed at or mocked someone

b)

They celebrated

c)

They raced skillfully

d)

They hid their identity

5.

What is a “holua”?

a)

A Hawaiian type of canoe

b)

A wooden sled used for sliding down slopes

c)

A sharp spear

d)

A volcano

6.

What does “devastation” mean?

a)

A happy celebration

b)

Great destruction or ruin

c)

A magical gift

d)

A long journey

7.

Which word means “bravery or strength to face danger”?

a)

Fury

b)

Courage

c)

Ravine

d)

Disguised

8.

If Pele “disguised” herself, what did she do?

a)

Hid her true identity

b)

Attacked Kahawali

c)

Celebrated

d)

Built a volcano

9.

What does “billowing” most likely mean in the passage?

a)

Moving slowly across the ground

b)

Swelling or rising in large waves or clouds

c)

Hiding under something

d)

Exploding violently

10.

What is a “vent” in a volcano?

a)

A hollow space underground

b)

The opening in the Earth’s surface through which lava, gas, or ash escapes

c)

A protective wall of rock

d)

The cooled lava surrounding the volcano

11.

What does “roiling” mean as used in the passage?

a)

Flowing smoothly

b)

Moving or churning violently

c)

Cooling quickly

d)

Rising slowly

12.

Which word refers to molten rock beneath Earth’s surface?

a)

Lava

b)

Magma

c)

Crater

d)

Shield volcano

13.

What is “Pahoehoe lava” like?

a)

Thick, rough, slow-moving lava

b)

Smooth, thin lava that flows easily

c)

Hardened strands of lava shaped by wind

d)

Sharp fragments of cooled lava

14.

Which term refers to a “group of islands”?

a)

Shield volcano

b)

Archipelago

c)

Ring of Fire

d)

Cinder cone volcano

15.

What does “eruption” mean?

a)

A quiet lava flow

b)

A sudden release of lava, gas, and ash from a volcano

c)

The mountain’s peak

d)

A type of volcanic rock

16.

What does “fury” mean in this passage?

a)

Extreme anger or violent force

b)

Calm and peaceful weather

c)

A type of lava

d)

The Hawaiian goddess

17.

What does “menacing” most likely mean in the story?

a)

Friendly and welcoming

b)

Threatening or suggesting danger

c)

Slow and steady

d)

Bright and colorful

18.

What does “plume” mean in the passage?

a)

A type of rock

b)

A long shape of smoke, ash, or steam rising into the air

c)

A river of lava

d)

A volcanic vent

19.

What is a “crater”?

a)

A small island

b)

A bowl-shaped hole at the top of a volcano

c)

A stream of lava

d)

A type of eruption

20.

What is a “cinder cone volcano”?

a)

A wide, flat volcano formed by fluid lava

b)

A steep, cone-shaped volcano formed by explosive eruptions

c)

A dormant volcano

d)

A submerged volcano

21.

What is “a’a lava”?

a)

Thin, smooth lava

b)

Thick, rough lava that moves slowly and forms jagged rocks

c)

Hardened strands of lava shaped by wind

d)

Lava cooled into sand

22.

What is “Pele’s hair”?

a)

Smooth lava flows

b)

Thin strands of hardened lava shaped by wind

c)

Sharp fragments of rock

d)

A type of volcanic vent

23.

What does “archipelago” mean?

a)

A single island

b)

A group or chain of islands

c)

A type of lava

d)

A volcanic vent

24.

What is the “Ring of Fire”?

a)

A type of volcano in Hawaii

b)

A region around the Pacific Ocean with frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions

c)

The top of a volcano

d)

A lava formation

25.

What does “active volcano” mean?

a)

A volcano that is dormant

b)

A volcano that is currently erupting or likely to erupt

c)

A volcano covered by water

d)

A volcano formed millions of years ago