Volcano Risk Vocab

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Across
  1. 2. A ______________ flow is slow-moving but can melt everything in its path.
  2. 5. __________ will be Hawaii's newest island volcano as it emerges from the bottom of the sea.
  3. 6. Volcanic _________ causes engine damage and is also responsible for the disease with the record longest name (pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
  4. 9. The ___________________ is a famous region of plate boundaries that surrounds the Pacific Ocean known for its many volcanoes. Most of the US's volcanoes are found here.
  5. 11. Also called a Lahar, a ______________ flow is a hot landslide caused by snow melted by lava.
  6. 12. The _________ plate is the plate hovering over a hot spot that formed a US island state.
  7. 13. The _____________ is Europe's famous range of volcanoes similar to the ring of fire.
  8. 14. ____________ are hazardous formations at convergent plate boundaries that may erupt.
Down
  1. 1. ________'s islands are a famous example of volcanoes at a hot spot
  2. 3. A _________ is an area that has an unusually high volcanic activity even though it is nowhere near a plate boundary.
  3. 4. Mount __________ in Washington State poses a threat to 150,000 people if it erupts.
  4. 7. The ________________ is the country with 169
  5. 8. A ______________ flow is a fast-moving avalanches of hot gas ash, and rock
  6. 10. A volcano's ____________ is the main hazard posed by them, threatening sever damage to civilization due to lava, ash, and toxic gases.