History
This is the year the most famous eruption of Mount Vesuvius took place
When is 79 AD?
Vesuvius is this type of volcano, characterized by a conical shape and periodic explosive eruptions.
What is a Stratovolcano?
Unlike Pompeii, this nearby seaside town was buried primarily in hot mud and volcanic glass.
What is Herculaneum?
A volcano that is inactive but expected to erupt again is called this.
What is Dormant?
Vesuvius looms over this major, modern Italian city.
What is Naples?
This Roman city was buried under 13 to 20 feet of volcanic ash and pumice.
What is Pompeii?
This is the term for molten rock while it is still underground.
What is magma?
This substance preserved the cities so well that bread and fruit were found intact nearly 2,000 years later.
What is Ash?
The bowl-shaped depression at the top of the volcano.
What is a Crater?
This is the name given to the high-risk area surrounding the volcano that would need immediate evacuation in an eruption.
What is the Red Zone?
This man’s letters provide the only surviving eyewitness account of the 79 AD eruption.
Who is Pliny the Younger?
Mount Vesuvius is located on the west coast of this European country.
Where is Italy?
Many Roman villas in the area were famous for these intricate floor pictures made of tiny colored tiles.
What are mosaics?
This light, porous volcanic rock is so full of air bubbles that it can often float on water.
What is a Pumice?
Founded in 1841, this is the oldest facility in the world dedicated to monitoring volcanic activity.
What is the Vesuvius Observatory?
This term describes the fast-moving currents of hot gas and volcanic matter that caused the most destruction.
What is Pyroclastic Flow?
Vesuvius was formed by the collision of these two tectonic plates.
What are the African & Eurasian plates?
This third city (starting with 'S') was a popular resort area also destroyed in 79 AD.
What is Stabiae?
These are the openings in the earth's crust through which lava and gases escape.
What are Vents?
Today, the area around the volcano is designated as one of these to protect the landscape and limit building.
What is a National Park?
This was the year of Vesuvius's most recent major eruption (during WWII).
When is 1944?
This is the name of the older mountain that partially encloses Vesuvius.
What is Somma?
In the 1860s, Giuseppe Fiorelli created these to show the final positions of victims by pouring material into hollow spaces in the ash.
What are Plaster Casts?
The scientific study of volcanoes is known as this.
What is Vulcanology?
Roughly this many people live in the immediate "danger zone," making Vesuvius one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world.
What is 3 Million people?