Bushfire

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Across
  1. 1. this is low when a bushfire forms
  2. 3. one family of trees that benefit from bushfires
  3. 6. _____ do most of the fighting of bushfires
  4. 8. an intense fire that may generate strong convection currents and violent winds
  5. 10. a type of bushfire that burns in grass, low shrubs. They travel at high speed, easy to control
  6. 12. the single largest cause of bushfires
  7. 15. one way the most prone area to bushfires is going to change due to climate change
Down
  1. 1. these accompanied the Black Saturday fires
  2. 2. heat and flames from a surface fire ignite the tops of trees
  3. 4. changes in wind _______ made fires hard to predict
  4. 5. Nino a warming of the temperature of the Pacific Ocean that causes drier air
  5. 7. this preceded the Black Saturday Fires
  6. 8. aerially burning fuel blowing ahead of a fire front
  7. 9. the edge of a fire that spreads fastest
  8. 11. the cause of some of the worst bushfires
  9. 13. if these are clear properties are more likely to survive
  10. 14. quadrant of Australia most prone to bushfires
  11. 15. this provides oxygen to the fire