4th Grade Natural Disasters Crossword
Across
- 2. Being asleep or not active
- 4. To continue living despite danger or something bad
- 5. Happening very soon
- 7. Somewhere safe
- 9. Near the equator; usually hot and humid
- 11. Where the ocean meets land
- 12. To crash into something violently
- 14. To burst suddenly and often violently
- 16. A prediction of something, usually weather
- 18. To put an end to something
- 22. A shaking or vibrating movement of the earth.
- 23. A place that gives temporary protection from bad weather
- 24. The whole mass of air that surrounds Earth
- 26. A mountain or hill that has a crater through which lava, rocks, and gas erupt
- 29. A long, high sea wave, often caused by an earthquake, landslide, or other disturbance
- 30. Based on the geography (physical features) of an area
- 34. When the ground has more water than it can absorb
- 35. Something that has the possibility of becoming more in the future
- 36. Continuing with the same point
- 39. Exact; having the correct details
- 41. A confusing or destructive situation
- 43. To melt, or to become liquid
- 45. Remove from a dangerous place to a safer place
- 46. Falling with a lot of force (usually rain)
- 47. Things that are left behind when something is destroyed
- 48. In addition; adding more information
Down
- 1. A person who designs, builds, or maintains things
- 3. Size; how big something is
- 6. Occurring in nature
- 8. A slide of lots of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff
- 10. To warn of danger; to watch for danger
- 13. To notice or watch carefully
- 15. Adding together; in an essay, adding more information that proves the same point
- 17. The center of a natural disaster
- 19. The imaginary line around the earth’s surface. It is halfway between the North and South Poles, dividing the earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
- 20. A dividing line (real or imaginary) that separates things
- 21. To figure something out or to cause something to occur
- 25. An average amount
- 27. To take in or soak up, usually liquid, energy, or information
- 28. To cause someone or something to move from its original place to somewhere else
- 31. A natural disaster where the ground shakes suddenly and violently
- 32. The capability of an object or thing to do work
- 33. To fall down or in
- 34. The rubbing of one thing against another, creating energy
- 37. Something that causes a lot of damage, and even death
- 38. Causing a horrible disaster
- 40. The end of something that wraps everything up
- 42. To sort into groups based on similar characteristics
- 44. A break or crack in the Earth’s crust where rocks move past each other
- 49. Too much of something