Match the geological terms with their defination

Atmosphere The steep-sided top of mountain formed by deposists from a eruption

Cone The shifting surface of the earths crust.
Crust The vapour or gas surrounding the earth and other planets.
Mantle The section of the earths interior between the crust and the core
Tectonic planets The outer layer of the earth

Fill in the gaps with the simple present tense form of each missing verb
Pliny _______________ ships to be made ready and they set our across the bay. He _________
anxious to save as many of people living at the foot of Vesuvius as he ____________. It ___________
a great adventure to him as he _______________ a keen scientist and he ______________ observe
the changing shapes and colours of the great cloud. Ash _____________ now falling onto the ships.
As they ______________ closer to land, the atmosphere _______________ darker and denser.
Pieces of rock burned and blackened by the fire. ___________ on the ships` descks. The sea ______
so thick with debris that they ________________ aproach the land. So they ___________ to other
side of the bay and into the harbour. Ships there ______________ ready to evacuate the
inhabitants, but ______________ trapped by the wind, unable to escape. Broad sheet of brilliant
flame ____________ now lighting up many parts of the mountain as Pliny and his men
______________ into the nearby house. Its floors ______________ and _____________ as ash
stone. ________________ beneath them. Then it ______________ rocked by strong tremors and
___________ to slide.