Natural Disasters: Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. is a tropical storm with winds that can blow from 74 to 157 miles per hour
  2. 5. is the resistance of motion when one object rubs against another
  3. 6. is a release of tension between tectonic plates that creates seismic waves
  4. 8. occurs when a large amount of water flows over its usual boundaries
  5. 10. is anything that naturally changes the way that the Earth looks
Down
  1. 1. is an Earth process that is caused by an earthquake
  2. 3. is the overall size of the earthquake
  3. 4. occurs when a large amount of snow or ice falls
  4. 7. is a fluid's resistance to flow
  5. 9. occurs when a mass of earth or rock falls