Tongariro Volcanic Centre #2

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Across
  1. 2. Ejected material like ash and scoria.
  2. 4. Magma thickness, affects eruption type.
  3. 7. Ancient southern continent including NZ’s landmass.
  4. 8. Earth’s outer shell where landforms are found.
  5. 13. Subducting plate beneath the North Island.
  6. 14. Slow shifting of continents over time.
  7. 15. Northern landmass that broke from Pangaea.
  8. 16. Plate that overrides the Pacific Plate.
Down
  1. 1. Bowl-shaped vent at a volcano’s top.
  2. 3. Heat-driven currents that move tectonic plates.
  3. 4. Opening through which lava and gas escape.
  4. 5. Underground pool of molten magma.
  5. 6. Sinking of one plate beneath another.
  6. 8. Cone-shaped volcano formed by layers of lava and ash.
  7. 9. Trench where the Pacific Plate dives under.
  8. 10. Intermediate lava found in TVC volcanoes.
  9. 11. Molten rock formed from subduction.
  10. 12. Magma that erupts onto Earth’s surface.
  11. 14. Plate boundary where subduction and volcanoes occur.
  12. 17. Partly molten mantle layer below crust.