Across
- 2. An oceanic tectonic plate that lies beneath the Pacific Ocean.
- 4. The upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere.
- 8. Coming closer together, especially in characteristics or ideas.
- 10. An island of volcanic origin.
- 13. A fast-moving current of hot gas and volcanic matter that flows along the ground away from a volcano.
- 15. A destructive mudflow on the slopes of a volcano.
- 18. A sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction.
- 19. Change of motion of one lithospheric plate relative to the adjacent lithospheric plate.
Down
- 1. The relatively thin part of the earth's crust which underlies the ocean basins.
- 3. The powdery residue left after the burning of a substance.
- 5. The outermost layer of Earth's lithosphere that makes up the planet's continents.
- 6. The sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
- 7. A mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are being or have been erupted from the earth's crust.
- 9. Hot fluid or semifluid material below or within the earth's crust.
- 10. A special class of mountains.
- 11. A tectonic belt of volcanoes and earthquakes.
- 12. Hot molten or semifluid rock erupted from a volcano or fissure, or solid rock resulting from cooling of this.
- 14. The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
- 16. Formed from the cooling and solidification of molten (melted) rock.
- 17. A small area or region with a relatively hot temperature in comparison to its surroundings.
