Across
- 3. ______ _______ systems can be used to quickly detect a natural disaster and send alerts to others who have not yet felt the effect
- 6. a dome of water that sweeps across the coast, caused by low atmospheric pressure and strong winds from a storm, such as those from a cyclone
- 7. a _______ _______ is an instrument that measures horizontal movement using a wire stretched along a fault
- 8. atmospheric pool of warm rising air that bring cloud and rain are called ___ pressure cells
- 9. efforts made to reduce the likely impacts of a natural disaster are called hazard __________ techniques
Down
- 1. atmospheric pool of cool descending air that bring clear skies are called ____ pressure cells
- 2. measures changes in a volcano's slope
- 4. extremely powerful, self-sustaining thunderstorm characterized by intense, rotating updrafts. often cause hail and tornadoes
- 5. using historical data to estimate the probability of an event happening again in the future
- 6. instrument that analyses light to determine what gases are present and in what amounts (e.g. volcanic SO2 emissions)