Ngorongoro Conservation Area Word Search
Ngorongoro Conservation Area, as a word search. 12 words drawn from its architecture, its landscape, and the people who built it sit hidden in a 15×15 letter grid, running in every direction. Drag across a word to claim it, and clear the board to finish.
Words to find: NGORONGORO, CRATER, CALDERA, VOLCANO, BASALT, LAVA, IGNIMBRITE, TUFF, GORGE, OLDUVAI, LAETOLI, FOOTPRINTS.
Found words stay highlighted, so the grid gets easier to read as you go and the final few tend to fall quickly.
Ngorongoro Conservation Area word list, defined
- CRATER /ˈkreɪtər/ · noun
- A large, bowl-shaped cavity in the ground or on the surface of a planet or moon, typically one caused by an explosion or the impact of a meteorite. More broadly, any deep depression resembling such a cavity. Related: depression, hollow, basin, cavity.
- 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.
- VOLCANO /ˈvɒl.kə.noʊ/ · noun
- A mountain that opens downward to a bottomless pit or a vent in the Earth's surface, typically at the top of which is a vent or fissure from which lava, ash, and gases are emitted. Related: mountain, peak, hill, crater.
- 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.
- 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.
- IGNIMBRITE /ɪɡˈnɪmbraɪt/ · noun
- A type of volcanic rock that forms from the rapid cooling of pyroclastic flows, typically consisting of a mixture of ash, pumice, and other volcanic fragments. Related: volcanic rock, pyroclastic rock, lahar, tephra.
- TUFF /tʌf/ · noun
- A type of volcanic rock, often used in construction, or a person who is clumsy or awkward. Related: clumsy, awkward, lumbering, uncoordinated.
- GORGE /ˈɡɔːrdʒ/ · noun, verb
- A deep, narrow passage with steep sides, typically through a mountain or cliff. To feel or show a strong feeling of shock or horror. Related: ravine, chasm, canyon, pass.
- FOOTPRINTS /ˈfʊtprɪnts/ · noun
- Footprints are the marks or impressions left by a foot, whether bare or shod, on a surface such as sand, snow, mud, or a floor. Related: tracks, imprints, traces, marks.
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