Earthquakes & Volcanoes Review
Across
- 1. liquid magma that reaches the surface
- 6. a belt in the Pacific that contains 2/3 of all volcanoes on Earth
- 8. lava flows from quiet eruptions graduatlly build up these wide, gently sloping mountains
- 9. mix of quiet and explosive eruptions from these cone-shaped mountains
- 10. a weak spot in the crust where magma can reach the surface
- 12. the shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth's surface
- 14. explosive eruptions build up these wide, gently sloping mountains
- 15. molten rock beneath Earth's surface
- 16. outer layer of Earth
Down
- 2. volcano that will likely erupt again
- 3. vibrations that travel through Earth, carrying energy released during an earthquake
- 4. a weak spot in the crust far from plate boundaries, where magma can rise to the surface
- 5. boundary where 2 plates move away from each other
- 7. volcano that has not erupted in thousands of years, and may never erupt again
- 11. boundary where 2 plates move toward each other
- 13. volcano that has not erupted in many years, but may erupt again