Mt Vesuvius
Volcano Facts
Volcano Information
Riddles
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What country is Mt Vesuvius in?

Italy 

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What are the zones around volcanoes?

Red, orange, green 
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What spill out of a volcano?

Ash and lava

100

What is at the end of a rainbow? 

The letter w

200

What cities were buried from the eruption in 79AD

Pompeii and Herculaneum

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What is the name of lava before the volcano erupts?

Magma/ Molten rock

200
What lava cools it turns to what colour?

Black

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What has hands but can't clap?

A clock

300

What year did Mr Vesuvius erupt and destroy Pompeii?

79AD

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How does an eruption occur?

Movement in the tech tonic plates. A break in the Earths crust. 

300

What are the main two types of volcanoes?

Active and inactive

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I am tall when i'm young and short when I am old? What am I 

A candle

400

How many lives were lost?

20000- Pompeii

5000-Herculaneum

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What are the cracks that occur in the Earth's surface called?

Fissures

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Why do people live in the red zone?

Farming, infrastructure, the view and quality soil to build

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How many months have 28 days?

All 12 months

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