Natural Disasters by Katriin Kubarski(Umborg)
Across
- 5. an extremely large wave caused by movement of the earth under the sea, often caused by an earthquake:
- 7. the natural environment of an organism;
- 10. ____is the clearing of trees, transforming a forest into cleared land.
- 14. deficiency of rain
- 15. synonym of sustain
- 16. The ___ that farmers spray on their crops kill pests, but they can also damage people's health.
- 19. to say that something is true or is a fact, although you cannot prove it and other people might not believe it
- 20. antonym of inhabitable
- 22. eco-unfriendly would be the opposite of enviromentally friendly
- 23. antonym of leaded petrol
- 24. synonym of distribution
Down
- 1. A general term used to refer to chemical compounds produced by industry which, if they are ingested or breathed in by humans, can cause physiological damage.
- 2. synonym of defile
- 3. carbon monoxide gas
- 4. the action or process of causing so much damage to something that it no longer exists or cannot be repaired.
- 6. rain that contains large amounts of harmful chemicals as a result of burning substances such as coal and oil.
- 8. also known as first peoples, aboriginal peoples, native peoples, or autochthonous peoples
- 9. impossible to travel along or over
- 11. a violent wind that has a circular movement,especially in the West Atlantic Ocean
- 12. energy that is produced using the sun, wind, etc., or from crops, rather than using fuels such as oil or coal:
- 13. synonym of homeless
- 17. tornadoes a localized, violently destructive windstorm occurring over land, especially in the Middle West, and characterized by a long, funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground and made visible by condensation and debris.
- 18. a cultivated plants that are grown on a large scale commercially, especially a cereals, fruits, or vegetables.
- 21. glacial mass
- 24. synonym of brash