Vocabulary
Features of Informational Text
Prefixes
Volcanic Eruptions
Fun Facts
100
Which word means to begin or exist?
originate, diverted, or collide
originate
100
Which chapter would we read if we want to learn about volcanologists?
Chapter 3: Volcanology
100
Add a prefix to phone to name something that people can use to talk to each other.
telephone
100
This is the most violent type of volcanic eruption. It can be deadly!
Plinian
100
The material on the inside of a volcano is called magma. When it flows out, what is it called?
lava
200
Which word means to crash together?
originate, diverted, collide
collide
200
Which text feature shows us where a volcano is located?
maps
200
Add a prefix to virus to describe going against a virus.
antivirus
200
This is the smallest and calmest type of volcanic eruption.
Hawaiian
200
This type of volcano has had at least one eruption in recorded history.
active
300
The planes had to move in a different direction because of the ash cloud.
Which word can replace move in a different direction?
originate, diverted, collide
diverted
300
What type of text feature is this?
diagram
300
Add a prefix to form to describe what a caterpillar does when it changes into a butterfly.
transform
300
Which other type of natural disaster could cause a volcanic eruption to happen?
earthquake
300
This is a scientist who studies volcanoes and volcanic eruptions.
volcanologist
400
If originate means to start, the opposite of originate means what?
finish
400
Which text feature gives you words and definitions in the back of the book?
glossary
400
Add a prefix to social to describe someone who does not like to be social with people.
antisocial
400
The eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980 was what type of volcanic eruption?
Plinian
400
Which volcano erupted in Pompeii, Italy and destroyed it?
Vesuvius
500
If convergent plates move toward each other, they what?
collide
500
Which text feature gives you a list of topics and page numbers to find the topics?
index
500
Add a prefix to theater to describe a theater that is partly indoors and partly outdoors.
amphitheater
500
What is the name of the fast-moving flow of extremely hot gas and rocks from a volcanic eruption?
pyroclastic flow
500
The text says, "They are called shield volcanoes because their shape resembles a warrior's shield."
What does "resembles a warrior's shield" mean?
The shield volcano looks like a warrior's shield.