Volcano search
Across
- 2. the rigid, outermost shell of Earth, made up of the crust and upper mantle.
- 6. a volcanic mudflow that's a mixture of water and volcanic debris that flows down a volcano's slope.
- 9. a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action.
- 12. a type of rock formed when molten rock, called magma or lava, cools and solidifies
- 15. coming closer together, especially in characteristics or ideas.
- 16. the thin, dense layer of the Earth's crust that forms the seafloor, primarily composed of basalt rock and created at mid-ocean ridges through the process of seafloor spreading
- 19. the largest tectonic plate on Earth, covering 40 million square miles
- 20. a mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are being or have been erupted from the earth's crust.
Down
- 1. the powdery residue left after the burning of a substance.
- 3. a belt around the Pacific Ocean that experiences frequent earthquakes and has many active volcanoes
- 4. hot molten or semifluid rock erupted from a volcano or fissure, or solid rock resulting from cooling of this.
- 5. the edge where two or more tectonic plates meet
- 7. a fast-moving, extremely hot avalanche of volcanic ash, rock, and gas that flows down a volcano's slope.
- 8. a mountain formed by the eruption of magma from the Earth's crust
- 10. a semi-solid, mechanically weak layer of Earth's upper mantle
- 11. the layer of granitic, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks, which form the continents and the areas of shallow seabed close to their shores
- 13. an island formed by volcanic activity on the ocean floor.
- 14. small area or region with a relatively hot temperature in comparison to its surroundings.
- 17. a geological process that happens when one tectonic plate moves beneath another
- 18. molten material beneath or within the earth's crust, from which igneous rock is formed