Chapter 11 Crossword Earth and Environment Curriculum

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Across
  1. 2. active volcanoes in the center of plates
  2. 3. most common type of volcano
  3. 5. rock fragments made from solidified lava or crust
  4. 7. large flat areas
  5. 8. a site on Earth’s crust where molten rock, ash, and gas escape
  6. 10. a volcano that has not erupted in the past 10,000 years, but is expected to erupt again
  7. 12. a volcano that is expected to never erupt again
  8. 13. ability to resist flow
  9. 14. the release of gas trapped in solids and liquids that have been heated up
  10. 15. fast-moving avalanches of hot ash, rock fragments, and gas that hurtle down the slopes of a volcano
Down
  1. 1. volcanoes that erupt explosively because of viscous magma and the higher concentration of dissolved gases
  2. 4. type of volcano most commonly found at intra-plate hotspots and divergent boundaries
  3. 6. scientists who study volcanoes
  4. 9. fast-moving mudslides that occur on the side of volcanoes
  5. 11. a volcano that has erupted in the past 10,000 years