Lesson 4: Volcanic Landforms Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. form when magma squeezes between horizontal layers of rock.
  2. 4. masses of rocks formed when a large body of magma cools inside the crust
  3. 6. a fountain of water and steam that erupts from the ground when a build up of pressure is released.
  4. 7. a type of volcano that is a tall, cone-shaped mountain in which layers of lava alternate with layers of ash.
  5. 8. a type of volcano that occurs when lava flows out and gradually builds a broad, sloping mountain.
  6. 9. a type of volcano that is the smallest and most common volcano found.
  7. 11. form when magma forces itself across rock layers and hardens
  8. 12. a huge hole left by a volcanic mountain's collapse.
Down
  1. 2. a high, level area built up over time from lava seeping out of several cracks and then traveling a distance before cooling and solidifying.
  2. 3. a type of mountain that forms when an uplift pushes a batholith or smaller body of hardened magma toward the surface.
  3. 5. form when groundwater is heated by a nearby body of magma
  4. 6. energy that can heat homes and make electricity.
  5. 10. forms when magma hardens in a volcano's pipe.