Natural hazards
Across
- 2. a rapid flow of snow down a mountain slope
- 3. a long period of time with litle or no rainfall
- 4. a tool that measures earthquakes
- 7. surge a rise in sea level due to strong storm winds
- 10. when the ground starts shaking
- 12. magma that reaches the earths surface
- 15. melted rock underneath the earths surface
- 16. overflow of water that covers land
- 17. a fast moving flow of mud down a hillside
- 18. a violent rotating column of air
- 19. flood a sudden and intense flood.
- 20. eruption when a volcano erupts releasing lava,ash,and gasses into the air
Down
- 1. the place on the ground above where an earthquake starts.
- 2. cloud cloud of ash
- 5. of the storm center of a hurricane
- 6. a powerful tropical storm
- 8. a large ocean wave
- 9. the movement of rock,soil, or debris down a slope
- 11. a large uncontrolled fire that spreads quickly
- 13. smaller earthquakes after a large one
- 14. line a crack in the earths surface