What does volcanic mean?
Word: Volcanic
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Volcanic means made by or coming from a volcano.
How do you spell volcanic?
Syllables: vol - can - ic
Tricky part: Both c's make a k sound, and neither is a k. Students write volkanic or volcanik.
Watch out for: volkanic, volcanik
Memory tip: Both c's in volcanic say k, like the two c's in comic.
Volcanic in a sentence
Example 1: The Deccan Plateau is made of layers of ancient volcanic rock.
Example 2: Volcanic ash can travel thousands of kilometres on the wind.
Example 3: Iceland uses volcanic heat to warm many of its homes.
Fun Fact
Volcanic soil is often very rich, which is why farmers grow coffee and fruit on the slopes of old volcanoes in places such as Indonesia.
Practise the CREST Way
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
alnccoiv
a) volcanoes
b) oceanic
c) volcanic
d) clinical
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c) volcanic. The jumble has two c letters and a v: oceanic and clinical have no v, and volcanoes needs an e and an s.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) volcanic
b) crator
c) molten
d) eruption
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b) crator. Crater ends in er, like water.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
volcanoic
a) i
b) c
c) n
d) o
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d) o. The o at the end of volcano drops out before ic is added.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Our geography teacher brought a piece of volcanic glass to class and let everyone hold it carefuly.
a) volcanic
b) everyone
c) geography
d) carefuly
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d) carefuly. Carefully is careful plus ly, so it keeps both l's.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Volcanic rock forms when ____.
a) plants rot in a swamp
b) hot melted rock cools and hardens
c) ice freezes inside a cave
d) sand is pressed by the sea
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b) hot melted rock cools and hardens
2. On a volcanic island you would expect to see ____.
a) snowfields that never melt
b) icebergs drifting along the shore
c) dark rocks made from cooled lava
d) thick white cliffs of chalk
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c) dark rocks made from cooled lava
