Natural Disasters

4. When an epidemic spreads over a larger area.
8. The dying off of an entire species on our planet.
9. They form over water but often move onto land, scientists classify them by their wind speed and the amount of damage they cause.
12. A major geologic event that occurs when plates shift suddenly and release stored energy.
14. A prediction or estimate of future events.
15. An elastic wave in the earth produced by an earthquake, volcano, or explosion.
17. The action of reducing the severity, seriousness, or painfulness of something.

1. When a rising body of water submerges normally dry land.
2. An eruption in which molten rock spews out from the mantle to the surface of Earth as ash, lava, or gas.
3. A region with specific weather conditions that persist over long stretches of time.
5. A small, rocky body in space that travels around the sun.
6. A small, rocky body that falls through the earth's atmosphere and hits the ground.
7. A spinning column of air that has strong wind speed.
10. The remains of something broken down or destroyed.
11. A sudden rapidly spreading outbreak, growth, or disease that infects a large number of people in a specific area.
13. A giant wave that crashes into land, often formed by an undersea earthquake.
16. How many main classifications of natural disasters exist.