Natural Disasters

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Across
  1. 10. is a violently rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the Earth and a cumulonimbus cloud
  2. 11. A rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain or squalls in the Western Hemisphere.
  3. 13. is the development of industries in a country or region on a wide scale
  4. 15. resources can be used repeatedly and does not run out because it is naturally replaced
  5. 16. is the renewable energy generated and stored in the Earth
Down
  1. 1. is the process by which fertile land
  2. 2. is the shaking of the surface of the Earth resulting from a sudden release of energy in the Earth's lithosphere.
  3. 3. is a series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water
  4. 4. is any material of natural or synthetic origin that is applied to soil to supply one or more plant nutrients
  5. 5. a substance used for killing, or keeping away, insects or other organisms
  6. 6. Federal Emergency Management Agency helps Americans deal with officially declared natural disasters
  7. 7. is the permanent removal of trees to make room for something besides forest
  8. 8. is an event of prolonged shortages in the water supply
  9. 9. desert
  10. 12. Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency helps Caribbean member nations with natural disasters
  11. 14. alters the flow of waterways, permanently changes the natural environment