Volcano Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. hot fragments of rock that can travel at very high speeds
  2. 5. The most common location for magma or mantle to break the surface becoming a volcano
  3. 7. A volcano that has not erupted in recent history and scientists predict won't ever erupt again
  4. 9. Magma that forms underground, which can later be exposed by erosion
  5. 10. A geologic structure that is made of a large amount of fluid lava that has cooled
  6. 12. A type of volcano that has a very wide base and a much flatter top than composite volcanos
  7. 13. A volcano that no longer shows any signs of activity
  8. 16. Magma that collects beneath the Earths surface
  9. 18. A type of rock generally made from cooled lava
  10. 20. This lava is the thickest of all non-explosive volcano lavas
  11. 22. This geological feature occurs when water gently rises to the surface, creating a cool tourist site
  12. 23. The smallest of all volcanos made of small rocks called cinders
  13. 24. Superheated water that burst to the surface due to too much pressure
  14. 25. When one lithosphereic plate subducts under another plate
Down
  1. 1. A _______ is where magma from the mantle has put enough pressure on the crust to be close enough to be breaking through.
  2. 2. This occurs when lava goes into the water, creating large pillow like rocks
  3. 3. An eruption that creates a very large explosion that can be up to 10,000 the times of an atomic bomb
  4. 4. A type of volcano that has a broad base and steep sides with a large crater on the top
  5. 6. When plates pull apart from each other they create deep _______. Molten lava soon erupts from these cracks.
  6. 8. Tremendously devastating volcanos that destroy huge amounts of land
  7. 11. A column of hot rock that continuously brings magma up from the mantle towards the crust
  8. 14. An amazing geyser that resides on a caldera called Yellowstone
  9. 15. A volcano that may be currently erupting or is showing signs of erupting in the near future
  10. 17. Alternating layers of ash and magma, which forms some types of volcanos
  11. 19. These are generally round, bowl-shaped formations
  12. 21. This lava is thinner than A'a and flows more readily