WILDFIRES
Across
- 2. Fuel that allows a fire to climb up from the landscape or forest floor into the tree canopy.
- 5. A scientist who studies ecology
- 7. Danger
- 10. the ability to be maintained at a certain rate or level
- 15. a community or group of living organisms that live in and interact with each other in a specific environment
- 20. extremely large or great
- 22. That part of the environment that is made or modified by humans for use in human activities
- 23. all the plants or plant life of a place, taken as a whole
- 24. Catch fire or cause to catch fire.
- 26. Fire that has ascended from the ground into the forest
- 27. a sudden and widespread disaster
Down
- 1. capable of being affected
- 3. plenty
- 4. an uncontrolled fire that burns in the wildland vegetation
- 6. A controlled burn, also known as hazard reduction burning,
- 8. forcibly put an end to.
- 9. a substance that provides nourishment essential for growth and the maintenance of life.
- 11. Oxygen, heat, and fuel are frequently referred to as the fire triangle
- 12. the species to which all modern human beings belong
- 13. develop gradually, especially from a simple to a more complex form.
- 14. roughly calculate
- 16. the branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings.
- 17. Living thing
- 18. to lessen
- 19. barrier of cleared or plowed land intended to check a forest or grass fire.
- 21. The long period of time occupied by the earth's geologic history.
- 25. the state of being invaded or overrun by pests or parasites