Volcanoes Crossword
Across
- 3. the liquid rock inside a volcano
- 9. a volcano that has erupted in the last 10,000 years and could erupt again soon
- 11. a volcano that is no longer active
- 12. a mountain or hill from which lava erupts
- 13. the layer of Earth below the crust
- 14. zone the point at which tectonic plates collide and slide past one another
- 15. a region in the mantle where heat rises
Down
- 1. a current caused by hot, rising fluid and cold, sinking fluid.
- 2. a volcano that has not erupted for many years but there is a small chance it could erupt
- 4. springs that throw boiling water in air
- 5. very small fragments of lava or rock that are blasted into the air by volcanic explosions
- 6. a light-colored volcanic rock containing lots of bubbles from trapped gases
- 7. tectonics the movement and collision of the Earth's plates
- 8. the liquid rock that flows out of the volcano
- 10. a scientist who studies volcanoes