Volcanoes!

Based on the text, what is Kilauea?

• a volcano

• a Hawaiian island

• a lava river

• a plate in the earth

Based on the text, what is the effect of molten lava coming up from the earth's inner layers?

• The lava becomes one of the most active volcanoes

• The plates in the earth spread apart

• The lava is spit out of the mouth of a volcano

• The lava burns off people's eyelashes and eyebrows.

Kilauea is a special volcano because it is on what used to be a small island. As lava rivers run into the ocean, it cools, hardens, and becomes earth, expanding the size of the island. In fact, all Hawaiian Islands were formed from the eruption of volcanoes.

• Everytime Kilauea erupts, the size of the island it is on decreases because of the damage it creates.

• The number and size of Kilauea’s eruptions impacts the size of the Hawaiian island it is located on.

• The Kilauea volcano makes the Hawaiian islands completely uninhabitable because of the toxicity of the smoke.

• As the lava for the Kilauea island runs into the ocean it makes the drinking water too contaminated to drink.

What can be inferred from the text?

• Living close to a volcano can be dangerous.

• Volcanoes usually destroy islands when they erupt.

• Touching molten lava would not hurt as much as boiling water.

• Kilauea is the only volcano on the Hawaiian islands.

What is the main idea of this text?

• Hawaii is in constant danger from the destruction of flowing lava.

• Volcanoes spew dangerous, molten lava and can create islands.

• Volcanoes only exist on islands because that is where lava is located.

• Kilauea is one of the most active volcanoes in the world.

"They are a grave danger to those who live on or around the volcano. Lava sets trees and houses on fire."

As used in these sentences, what does the word "grave" mean?

• small

• silent

• strange

• serious

Lava hardens when it cools, so __________ the rock can form new land.

• before

• on the other hand

• previously

• as a result