Wildfires By Hannah M.

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Across
  1. 2. What occurs naturally, ignited by heat from the sun or lighting strike.
  2. 4. Fuel load is ______ by the amount of available fuel per unit area.
  3. 5. Weather ingredients that can affects wildfires temperatur, ____ and moisture.
  4. 9. It can either aid or hinder wildfire progression'
  5. 10. Wildfire spread based on the ______ ____ ______.
  6. 14. It affects the sparkling of wildfires.
  7. 15. The ____ the slope, the faster the fire travels.
  8. 18. Small fuel materials are alse called as _______.
  9. 19. Main job is to suppress planes to get to small blazes located in remote areas.
  10. 20. Heat oxygen and fuel form the fire _____.
Down
  1. 1. of the fue can also affect the behavior of the fire.
  2. 3. Also used as a method of attacking the fire from above.
  3. 6. Basic fuel characteristics that affects a fire, size, shape, ________, and moisture content.
  4. 7. Major factor in determining a fire intensity.
  5. 8. Drops thousands of gallons of water and retardant on to fire.
  6. 11. A senior scientist that developed a computer model that shows how winds move on a small scale.
  7. 12. how many acres burn every year?
  8. 13. Main job is to build a fire break around the fire to keep it from spreading.
  9. 16. Works againts fire.
  10. 17. When wood is heated to this temperature it releases _______ gases that mix with the oxygen in the air.