This document provides definitions for 7 vocabulary words - eruption, depths, gradually, revealed, contract, constant, and immediate. For each word, it gives a short definition and asks a question to illustrate the meaning in context. The questions provide examples related to volcanoes, the ocean, warming ponds, hiding puppies, snails, sounds, and social interactions.
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Mountains Lesson 12
2. An eruption happens
when something
bursts through a
surface.
What might you see and hear
during the eruption of a
volcano?
3. The depths of
something are its
deepest parts.
What might an explorer find in
the depths of the ocean?
4. Something that
happens gradually
happens very slowly
over time.
Which of these events happens
gradually a pond warming up in the
sun, or a bolt of lightning striking a
tree?
5. When something is
revealed, it was
hidden but can now
be seen.
How could a puppy hiding under
a blanket be revealed?
6. To contract means to
get smaller by
shrinking.
What might cause a snail to
contract into its shell?