Vocabulary

1. Vocabulary

2. edges • places where something ends • The girls were silly to be so close to the edge of the cliff.

3. range • a line of mountains • The mountain range was beautiful in the misty morning.

4. peak • the top of a mountain • We traveled to Alaska to climb to the top of this snowy peak.

5. epicenter • the place on the earth’s surface just above the center of an earthquake • This diagram shows the epicenter of an earthquake.

6. magma • melted rock inside the earth • Magma can flow from under the earth through a volcano.

7. coast • land along the coast • I long to spend a month on a tropical coast.

8. Even the ____ of the lava flow are extremely hot. • coast • edges • epicenter • range • magma • peak

9. The _____ is shooting into the air. • coast • edges • epicenter • range • magma • peak

10. Mauna Kea mountain in Hawaii is the world’s tallest ____. • coast • edges • epicenter • range • magma • peak

11. My family vacationed on the _____ of Myrtle Beach when I was young. • coast • edges • epicenter • range • magma • peak

12. The Rocky Mountain has very sharp _____s. • coast • edges • epicenter • range • magma • peak

13. This map shows the _________ of a Seattle earthquake. • coast • edges • epicenter • range • magma • peak