What city was wiped out by the volcano in 79 A.D.
What is Pompei
What is a Volcano
What is a hill or mountain with a crater at the top which may spill out excess liquid or solids
What year did it erupt and destroy Pompei
What is 79 A.D.
What Continent is Mt.Vesuvious in
What is Europe
What causes a volcano to erupt?
What is dissolving gases, buoyant/free-flowing magma, or excess magma in the main chamber below the volcano
How tall is Mt.Vesuvius (Within 100 ft, or 20 meters.)
What is 4203 ft or 1281 Meters.
What Country is Mt.Vesuvious in
What is Italy
Name two of the three most common things to come from a volcano
What is gas, lava/magma, and rock/debris
What percentage if the population of Pompei was killed in the eruption. (Within 2% above or below.)
What is 13%
What city is the volcano currently located in
What is Naples
How many active volcanoes are there across the world? (Within 50 above or below.)
What is 1,350 active volcanoes? (1,300-1,400.)
Who led an expedition to try and save the citizens or Ponpei
What is Pliny the Elder
What is Campanian
On average, how many volcanoes are estimated to erupt every year? (Within 10 above or below.)
What is 60 estimated volcanoes erupt on average every year. (50-70.)
What was the cause for most peoples death that were in the eruption
What is suffocation