Monday November 5. Bellwork, Pompeii and Vocabulary Review.

Words of the day:

pumice: a very light and porous volcanic rock formed when a gas-rich froth of glassy lava solidifies rapidly.

magma: hot fluid or semifluid material below or within the earth's crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed by cooling.

pyroclastic surge: mass of turbulent gas and rock fragments that is ejected upward during some volcanic eruptions

pyroclastic flow: is a fast-moving current of hot gas and volcanic matter that moves away from a volcano. Can reach speed of 430 miles per hour. The gases can reach temperatures of about 1,000 °C (1,830 °F).

Herculaneum: A town on the Bay of Naples about five miles east of Naples, modern day Erculano. Better preserved than Pompeii, because of the greater depth of debris. However, for the same reason it is less excavated.


Review of questions and answers in the Film Viewing Guide for Pompeii: The Last Day



How the people of Pompeii really died (Atlantic Magazine, 2015)


Polibius


 Pliny the Elder, natural scientist and Admiral of Navy

 What the explosion looked like

 Map of impact of Vesuvius

Homework: Study Quizlet sets for Chapters 1-7 (see following blog post)
Do Activities for Chapter 7 (see Google Classroom)