Natural Disasters

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Across
  1. 4. A shifting of tectonic plates causing breaking of rock and movement of the Earth’s surface, sometimes causing severe destruction to property.
  2. 5. Fragments of Earth’s crust that interact with one another causing various geologic events like volcanoes, earthquakes, and tsunamis.
  3. 8. A natural event that can cause great damage
  4. 9. A scientist who studies earthquakes.
  5. 10. A scientist who studies volcanoes and collects data to understand how volcanoes work and uses data to predict when they may erupt.
Down
  1. 1. A large, rapidly rotating storm system that begins over warm water, usually in tropical or subtropical areas, causing high winds, heavy rain, and severe thunderstorms.
  2. 2. A series of huge waves that rush onshore resulting from an earthquake occurring at the ocean floor.
  3. 3. A scientific instrument that measures the size of waves produced from earthquakes.
  4. 6. A rapidly rotating column of air that occurs when cold air masses and hot air masses collide, causing patterns of circulating air to move at high speeds.
  5. 7. A scientist who measures atmospheric conditions like temperature, wind speed, and air pressure to predict weather events in large geographic areas.