What are erupts?

Erupts are when something pops out suddenly from inside, like a volcano or even your soda can if it gets too shaken up.

Imagine you have a big jar filled with beans, and you shake it really hard. At first, the beans just move around, but if you keep shaking it, eventually they’ll all push up to the top, pop!, and spill out like a flood. That’s kind of what happens during an eruption.

Sometimes things inside a container get hot or pressurized, like when you leave your soda can in the sun. The gas inside gets bigger and bigger until it can’t stay in anymore, BOOM! Everything bursts out! That’s how volcanoes work too: molten rock (called lava) builds up inside the Earth, and when it finally comes out, it erupts.

So next time you see a volcano or even your soda can explode, remember, that's just something erupting! Erupts are when something pops out suddenly from inside, like a volcano or even your soda can if it gets too shaken up.