The Eruption of M.S.H. Chapters 7-8

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Across
  1. 3. Few people had any idea that the ________ and the sulfur were warning signs that Pelée was going to erupt. P. 37
  2. 7. A few days after the ash and gleaming rocks, a river of boiling mud and ash roared down Mount Pelée at _________ miles an hour! P. 37
  3. 8. A small eruption of Pelée sent ash and ______ rocks into the air. P. 37
  4. 11. About seven thousand years before the American settlers arrived, the _______ Americans had been living in the Cascades. P. 34
  5. 12. Few people realized that Mount Pelée was a volcano. It had ________ a few times over the centuries. But it had been silent for more than 50 years (before 1902). P. 36
  6. 14. Within seconds, 30,000 people were dead in Saint-Pierre due to the wave of _______ hot gas that exploded out of the mountain and into the city. P. 39
  7. 15. Synonyms for this word include: “laughable, absurd, silly, and ludicrous.” P. 32
  8. 20. There have been massive explosions, lava flows, _______, and mud slides. P. 34
  9. 21. The Cowlitz tribe had a special name for Mt. St. Helens. The word’s meaning was “mountain of ______. P. 34
  10. 22. This word means “a long, narrow elevation of land; a chain of hills or mountains.” Cedar is a safe place because it is up on a __________ . P. 34
  11. 25. Synonyms for this word include: frightful, ghastly, horrid and dreadful. P. 38
  12. 26. Sam thought that the most dangerous part of an eruption was the _______. P. 35
  13. 27. Mount Pelée was the deadliest volcanic eruption of the _______ century. P. 35
Down
  1. 1. Dr. Morales felt the dangers were mudslides and rock avalanches. He also worried about the _________ surge, which is a wave of hot air that explodes out of the volcano. P. 35
  2. 2. The earthquakes ________ thousands of snakes that had been living on the mountain. P. 38
  3. 4. Mr. Rowan referred to Dr. Morales as Tim, a volcano expert, and mentioned that he works at a lab in Seattle. Mrs. Rowan asked, “You’re a _________?” P. 32
  4. 5. The proclastic surge includes toxic gas, ground-up rock, ash, and heat so ________ that it burns everything in its path. P. 40
  5. 6. The twins' Dad had invited Dr. ________ to join the group at Clive’s. P. 32
  6. 9. Clive’s Diner is located in _______, Washington. P. 31
  7. 10. Jess, Mr. Rowan and the twins looked bad when they entered Clive’s Diner. They were streaked with dirt and covered with _______ from their run down the mountain. P. 31
  8. 13. Wearing faded jeans and having overgrown curls, Dr. Morales looked more a member of a rock band than a person who worked in a __________. P. 33
  9. 16. When Jess’s Mom hugged her, Jess opened her mouth to tell her about Dad’s _________. P. 32
  10. 17. There was a strong smell of ______ gas seeping from deep inside the earth. It has a horrific smell, like rotten eggs and is used in the production fertilizers, matches, insecticides, and fungicides. P. 37
  11. 18. One eruption 500 years ago buried much of the _________ under about 200 feet of rock, ash and mud. P. 34
  12. 19. Mt. St. Helens erupted dozens of times over the past thousand years, the most recent eruption (before 1980) had been in eighteen _______ seven. P. 34
  13. 23. For 123 years, Mt. St. Helens has been peaceful and quiet. Dr. Morales referred to a volcano being quiet as the volcano being ___________ . P. 33
  14. 24. Dr. Morales said that he predicts that the volcano will erupt soon and that it’s going to erupt __________. P. 41
  15. 28. Mr. Rowan thought that Mt. St. Helens was “dead,” or __________. P. 33