Bushfire

2. the edge of a fire that spreads fastest
5. an intense fire that may generate strong convection currents and violent winds
7. the single largest cause of bushfires
9. a type of bushfire that burns in grass, low shrubs. They travel at high speed, easy to control
11. these accompanied the Black Saturday fires
13. changes in wind _______ made fires hard to predict
15. this provides oxygen to the fire
16. one family of trees that benefit from bushfires

1. if these are clear properties are more likely to survive
3. _____ do most of the fighting of bushfires
4. one way the most prone area to bushfires is going to change due to climate change
6. aerially burning fuel blowing ahead of a fire front
8. this is low when a bushfire forms
9. quadrant of Australia most prone to bushfires
10. the cause of some of the worst bushfires
12. a warming of the temperature of the Pacific Ocean that causes drier air
13. this preceded the Black Saturday Fires
14. heat and flames from a surface fire ignite the tops of trees