Bushfire

3. this preceded the Black Saturday Fires
5. an intense fire that may generate strong convection currents and violent winds
7. one way the most prone area to bushfires is going to change due to climate change
10. changes in wind _______ made fires hard to predict
13. these accompanied the Black Saturday fires
14. aerially burning fuel blowing ahead of a fire front
15. this is low when a bushfire forms
17. the edge of a fire that spreads fastest
18. this provides oxygen to the fire

1. a type of bushfire that burns in grass, low shrubs. They travel at high speed, easy to control
2. if these are clear properties are more likely to survive
4. _____ do most of the fighting of bushfires
6. quadrant of Australia most prone to bushfires
8. the cause of some of the worst bushfires
9. the single largest cause of bushfires
11. one family of trees that benefit from bushfires
12. a warming of the temperature of the Pacific Ocean that causes drier air
16. ____ bushfires occur whenheat and flames from a surface fire ignite the tops of trees