Across
- 4. the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere, in which there is relatively low resistance to plastic flow and convection is thought to occur.
- 6. form when hot, molten rock crystallizes and solidifies.
- 8. a landform that forms when lava and ash build up over a volcano that erupts on the ocean floor.
- 10. the powdery residue left after the burning of a substance.
- 11. an area of the Earth's mantle from which hot plumes rise upward, forming volcanoes on the overlying crust.
- 13. 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.
- 15. the relatively thick part of the earth's crust that forms the large landmasses. It is generally older and more complex than the oceanic crust.
- 18. The boundary along the pacific plate where there are the most volcanos.
- 19. the largest crustal plate on our planet.
- 20. a hot (typically >800 °C, or >1,500 °F ), chaotic mixture of rock fragments, gas, and ash that travels rapidly (tens of meters per second) away from a volcanic vent or collapsing flow front.
Down
- 1. the relatively thin part of the earth's crust which underlies the ocean basins. It is geologically young compared with the continental crust and consists of basaltic rock overlain by sediments.
- 2. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
- 3. The location where two plates meet
- 5. Volcanic mountains consist of – Magma chamber, Vent, Lava, Crater, and pyroclastic flow. Volcanic soil or the soil around a volcanic mountain is very fertile.
- 7. an opening in Earth's crust through which lava, ash, and gases erupt.
- 9. a hot or cold mixture of water and rock fragments that flow quickly down the slopes of a volcano
- 12. hot fluid or semifluid material below or within the earth's crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed on cooling.
- 14. tending to move toward one point or to approach each other
- 16. hot molten or semifluid rock erupted from a volcano or fissure, or solid rock resulting from cooling of this.
- 17. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
