Laki Charms Crossword Puzzle

5. A portion of the Earth's mantle that flows like molten plastic despite being solid.
7. Formed from oceanic continental convergent plate boundaries.
10. An opening in the earth's crust through which lava, volcanic ash, and gases escape
12. The thinner and denser part of earths crust that makes up the ocean floor.
14. The location in which two tectonic plates interact through converging, diverging, or transforming.
17. A path along the Pacific Ocean characterized by active volcanoes and frequent earthquakes.
18. An oceanic tectonic plate that lies beneath the Pacific Ocean.

1. The location where two plates are being forced together by the convection currents in the earth's mantle.
2. The solid, outermost layer of Earth, made of the crust and upper mantle.
3. A sudden shaking of the ground caused by movement of tectonic plates.
4. Molten rock (magma) erupted from a volcano.
6. The layer of granitic, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks, which form the continents and the areas of shallow seabed close to their shores.
8. A type of rock that forms when molten rock cools and solidifies.
9. The location when two plates converge, and one plate is forced under another.
10. Formed from oceanic oceanic convergent plate boundaries.
11. A hot, chaotic mixture of rock fragments, gas, and ash that travels rapidly away from a volcanic vent or collapsing flow front.
13. A hot or cold mixture of water and rock fragments that flow quickly down the slopes of a volcano.
15. Molten rock below the earth's surface near the upper mantle and lower crust.
16. An area of the Earth's mantle from which hot plumes rise upward, forming volcanoes on the overlying crust.
19. The solid remanence from fires, explosions, and/or volcanic vents.