Activity 5A: Complete Me!
Direction: Use the word bank to fill in the blank spaces and complete the paragraphs
below.
Word Bank
Earth's
lava
volcano
composite
crust
steep
ash
magma
hardened
gases
А.
is an opening in the
crust where liquid rock called
escapes onto the surface. Scientists call this a volcanic eruption. Once on the surface, the
magma is called
and can flow for many miles. Sot all eruption is the
same. Different types of volcanoes erupt in different ways. Some volcanoes erupt with lots
of flowing lava; others erupt explosively with hot
and cinders.
The most explosive volcanoes are known as
volcanoes. They explosively
erupt with high amounts of ash, and deadly
Cinder cones are usually less
than 1000 feet tall and have vers
sides. Although small, they can do damage with
a high amount of
and cinder materials. Shield volcances are made of
lava from past eruptions. The lava spreads out to form new
and covers a large
area with gently sloping sides.​