Vocabulary Definition
when pieces fit together or overlap (adjective)
What is interlocking?
When the ground shakes due to shifting of tectonic plates
What is an earthquake?
A mountain that can let out melted rock, ash, and gas from deep inside the Earth?
What is a volcanoe?
melted by heat
What is molten?
Tool scientists use to measure how strong an earthquake is. It draws wiggly lines on paper when the ground moves.
What is a seismograph?
When it gets hot deep inside Earth, pressure builds up from melted rock (magma), and pushes its way through cracks
What is an eruption?
scientists who study human history by analyzing different items (noun)
What are archaeologists?
The spot on the Earth's surface right above where the earthquake started underground. Where the shaking feels the strongest.
What is the "epicenter"?
Melted rock that comes out of a volcanoe
What is lava?
a painting done quickly on a wet surface (noun)
What is fresco?
What you should do if you're in an earthquake?
What is Drop, over, and Hold On!
When a volcano is "sleeping" or hasn't erupted in a long time
What is a dormant volcano?
release of lava and ash due to pressure in a volcano (noun)
What is eruption?
Smaller earthquakes that happen after the main one.
What are aftershocks?
Mount Vesuvius erupted and covered this city in hot ash and rock.
What is Pompeii?