Crater Lake Word Search
Play a Crater Lake word search free online. We built the 12-word list around its landforms, its wildlife, and the habitats inside it, then scattered it across a 15×15 grid — horizontal, vertical and diagonal. Find them all to clear the board.
Words to find: CALDERA, WIZARDISLAND, PHANTOMSHIP, CINDERCONE, MAZAMA, SCOTTPEAK, PINNACLE, TEPHRA, PUMICE, BASALT, ANDESITE, LAVA.
Words run in any of eight directions, backwards included — if one refuses to turn up, try reading the grid right to left.
Crater Lake word list, defined
- CALDERA /kælˈdɛərə/ · noun
- A large, basin-shaped volcanic depression formed when a volcano collapses into or explodes out its underlying magma chamber, typically much wider than a volcanic crater. Related: volcanic basin, collapse basin, crater, depression.
- PINNACLE /ˈpɪnəkəl/ · noun
- The highest or most superior point or part of something; a peak or summit. A person or thing that is considered to be the best or most outstanding of their kind. Related: apex, peak, summit, acme.
- TEPHRA /tɛfrə/ · noun
- Volcanic ash, rock, or other material ejected into the air by a volcanic eruption. Related: ash, lapilli, scoria, pyroclastic material.
- PUMICE /ˈpʌmɪs/ · noun
- A light, porous, and highly vesicular volcanic rock that is formed by the rapid cooling of lava. It is often used as an abrasive. Related: scoria, lava rock, volcanic ash, grit.
- BASALT /ˈbæsɔːlt, ˈbeɪsɔːlt/ · noun
- A dark, fine-grained igneous rock formed from the rapid cooling of lava at or near the Earth's surface; it is the most abundant rock in the oceanic crust. Related: lava rock, igneous rock, volcanic rock, traprock.
- ANDESITE /ˈændɪzaɪt/ · noun
- A fine-grained, usually grey volcanic rock of intermediate composition, consisting chiefly of plagioclase feldspar along with pyroxene or amphibole. It is the most common lava erupted by stratovolcanoes above subduction zones.
- LAVA /ˈlɑːvə/ · noun
- Molten rock from a volcano, or a flowing mass of molten rock from a volcano. It can also refer to a type of rock that is rich in iron and magnesium. Related: magma, molten rock, volcanic rock, igneous rock.
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