Natural Disasters and Atmosphere----Weidert

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Across
  1. 3. ability to withstand and recrover from a natural disaster
  2. 5. only atmospheric layer with weather and clouds
  3. 7. opening in earth crust where lava can escape from
  4. 11. natrual process that has a potential to cause dstrction
  5. 12. earthquakes are this type of disaster
  6. 14. disasters involving water
  7. 15. a major cause of inflation after a natural disaster
  8. 16. you can die from this in a thunderstomr
  9. 17. most likely cause of death from thunderstorms
  10. 20. are becoming more common due to drought
  11. 23. EVENTS FROM NATRUAL PROCESSAS THAT HARM HUMAN LIFE
  12. 24. scale in which hurricanes are rated
  13. 26. susceptibility to the damaging effects of a hazard
  14. 28. hottest layer of the atmosphere
  15. 29. snow sliding down a mountain
  16. 30. blocks some of UV B rays from
  17. 33. used by radios to bounces signals off of
  18. 35. layer of gases around Earth
  19. 36. storm that can produce lightning
  20. 37. scale in which tornados are rated
  21. 38. atmospheric layer that contains the ozone layer
Down
  1. 1. amount of water inthe atmosphere
  2. 2. hurricanes and tornadoes are this type of disaster
  3. 4. most common gas in the atmosphere
  4. 5. small rotating windstorm found in some thunderstorms
  5. 6. large wave typically caused by an earthquake
  6. 8. from 0-10 how we measure earthquakes
  7. 9. caused by massive rainfall or earthquakes
  8. 10. large "floating" land mass
  9. 13. makes up 21% of the atmosphere
  10. 18. long period of time without water
  11. 19. tool used to detect earthquakes
  12. 21. molten rock below the surface
  13. 22. sirens, forecasts, and forced evacutations
  14. 25. force exerted by air on the land below it
  15. 27. molten rock escaping Earth's surface
  16. 31. layer of atmospher closest to outer space
  17. 32. massive storm that covers many miles with winds in excess of 74 mph
  18. 34. sudden movement of tectonic plates