Crossword Vocab Crossword
Across
- 2. when two plates spread apart along a divergent boundary.
- 6. relatively slow moving, they are rarely deadly
- 10. volcanoes that are large,steep-sided volcanoes that result from explosive eruptions of andesite and rhyolitic lava and ash
- 12. When two plates collide,the denser plate sinks or sub-ducts,into the mantel
Down
- 1. explosive volcanoes can produce fast-moving avalanches of hot gas,ash,and rock called pyroclastic rock
- 3. large volcanic depressions formed when a volcano's summit collapses or is blown away by explosive activity's
- 4. during an explosive eruption volcanoes can erupt large volumes of volcanic ash
- 5. the thermal energy a volcano produces during an eruption can melt snow and ice on the summit.
- 7. volcanoes that are small, steep-sided volcanoes that erupt gas-rich,basaltic lavas.
- 8. A vent in earths crust through which melted or molten rock flows.
- 9. volcanoes are common along divergent plate boundaries and oceanic hot spots.
- 11. volcanoes that are not associated with plate boundaries are called hot spots.