Bushfires

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Across
  1. 3. Australia’s deadliest bushfire disaster (2)
  2. 6. periods of abnormally dry conditions
  3. 11. The steepness of _________ plays a role in the rate of fire spread
  4. 12. _________ typically occur in the world’s grasslands and forests
  5. 13. __________ ____________ impacts rainfall patterns
  6. 15. human cause of bushfires
  7. 16. _________ drive fires across landscapes by pushing the fire front
  8. 19. Many of Australia's __________ plants are fire-prone
  9. 20. American term for bushfire
  10. 22. adaptation for vegetation survival
  11. 23. Fires usually occur in late _________ in the southern states
  12. 24. an exceptional fire that devastates a large area
  13. 27. bushfires can be describe as a (2)
  14. 28. during a bushfire people are instructed to __________
  15. 29. flammable material
Down
  1. 1. the number of people who died in the Californian wildfires in 2020
  2. 2. ______ ______largely limited to the undergrowth and debris on the forest floor
  3. 4. wildfires will leave less vegetation and higher (2)
  4. 5. The conditions or factors determining whether a bushfire will occur include the presence of fuel, oxygen and an ____________ source
  5. 7. weather phenomenon that brings rain (2)
  6. 8. the amount of fallen leaf matter, bark and small branches accumulating on the forest floor
  7. 9. natural cause of bushfires(2)
  8. 10. Fire was once used by many _____________ peoples to manage the landscape
  9. 14. bushfires reduce (2)
  10. 17. hot fires that leap from treetop to treetop
  11. 18. a visible suspension of carbon or other particles in air, typically one emitted from burning
  12. 21. The intensity of the fire and the speed at which it spreads depend on the _________ temperature
  13. 25. Australian vegetation that acts as fuel
  14. 26. the type of heat you feel from a fire
  15. 28. weather phenomenon that brings drought (2)