The Monster in the Mountain
Comprehension
Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
100
Who the story "The Monster in the Mountain" was about

Who is Marta Ramirez?

100

The term used for going back and reading through a story again.

What is rereading?

100

The definition of cascaded.

What is flowed down like a waterfall?

100

The term defined as to crush, grind, or pound.

What is pulverize?

200

The scientists used this tool to measure shifts in rocks beneath the mountain

What is a seismograph?

200

The purpose of rereading a story.

What is to better understand the story by reading more closely?

200

The term that is defined as work that proves or provides information about a claim.

What is documentation?
200

The definition of scalding.

What is extremely hot or boiling?

300
The term used to describe scientists who study volcanoes.

What is volcanologist?

300

The most important thought about a story.

What is main idea?

300

The term defined as having or showing a lot of energy.

What is dynamic?

300

The definition of shards.

What are sharp, often pointy, fragments?

400
The concern that Marta Ramirez and other scientists had about Mount Vesuvius.
What is that Mount Vesuvius would erupt again?
400
The person, place, or thing a story is written about.

What is topic?

400

The definition of exerts.

What is to make a strenuous effort?
400

You may witness water cascading here.

What is a waterfall?

500

The two towns that were destroyed by the eruption in 79 AD.

What are Pompeii and Herculaneum?

500

The context that provides additional information to support the main idea.

What are key or supporting details?

500

Complete the statement: Plummeting is ________ at a _______ rate of speed.

What is plummeting is falling at a fast rate of speed?

500

A class where you may exert yourself.

What is P.E.?

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