Volcanoes II Crossword Puzzle

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LAVA : This is igneous rock (magma) that has reached Earth’s surface.
PYROCLASTICS : This refers to any material that is blasted out of a volcano: cinders, ash, gases & rocks.
CALDERA : This is a huge volcanic crater that is formed in one of two ways: violent volcanic explosion or implosion.
CRATER LAKE : This is an example of a caldera filled with water in Oregon.
LAHARS : This is a mudflow that is caused when a volcano’s intense heat rapidly melts ice & snow on the slopes of a volcano.
NUEES ARDENTES : Since these pyroclastic flows of super-heated deadly gas are denser than air, they hug the ground & destroy everything in their path.
EXTRUSIVE : This describes the type of volcanic activity that forms the following: lava, pyroclastics, calderas, lahars & nuees ardentes.
RICH SOIL : This is one benefit of volcanic eruptions.
GEOTHERMAL : Volcanic regions can be a source of this type of energy.
ANDES : This mountain range has many volcanoes made of andesite lava.
TSUNAMIS : Volcanic eruptions in the ocean can cause these to occur.
SEAFLOOR VOLCANOES : These volcanoes have the potential to trigger devastating tsunamis.
TONGA : In the 2000 km stretch of ocean floor between New Zealand & this island country 75 new volcanoes were discovered.
PRISONER : This was the only survivor when Mount Pelee on the Island of Martinique erupted and a nuees ardente swept over the city of St. Pierre.
NOVARUPTA : The eruption of this volcano on the Alaskan Peninsula in 1912 was 10x more powerful than the 1980 Mt. St. Helens eruption.

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QUESTIONS LIST:

lava : this is igneous rock (magma) that has reached earth’s surface.
pyroclastics : this refers to any material that is blasted out of a volcano: cinders, ash, gases & rocks.
caldera : this is a huge volcanic crater that is formed in one of two ways: violent volcanic explosion or implosion.
crater lake : this is an example of a caldera filled with water in oregon.
lahars : this is a mudflow that is caused when a volcano’s intense heat rapidly melts ice & snow on the slopes of a volcano.
nuees ardentes : since these pyroclastic flows of super-heated deadly gas are denser than air, they hug the ground & destroy everything in their path.
extrusive : this describes the type of volcanic activity that forms the following: lava, pyroclastics, calderas, lahars & nuees ardentes.
rich soil : this is one benefit of volcanic eruptions.
geothermal : volcanic regions can be a source of this type of energy.
andes : this mountain range has many volcanoes made of andesite lava.
tsunamis : volcanic eruptions in the ocean can cause these to occur.
seafloor volcanoes : these volcanoes have the potential to trigger devastating tsunamis.
tonga : in the 2000 km stretch of ocean floor between new zealand & this island country 75 new volcanoes were discovered.
prisoner : this was the only survivor when mount pelee on the island of martinique erupted and a nuees ardente swept over the city of st. pierre.
novarupta : the eruption of this volcano on the alaskan peninsula in 1912 was 10x more powerful than the 1980 mt. st. helens eruption.