Across
- 2. predict or estimate a future event or trend
- 6. a sudden, violent shaking of the ground when tectonic plates get stuck, then break free
- 7. area that is normally dry becomes covered with water
- 8. a tracking system used to determine the location & velocity of a storm, clouds, precipitation
- 9. move from a place of danger to a safe place
- 12. large ocean wave caused by an undersea earthquake
- 13. a severe snowstorm with high winds and low visibility.
- 14. violently rotating winds of up to 300 mph, often form funnel-shaped cloud
- 15. a person that studies climates (long term weather patterns)
- 18. person who studies earthquakes and of the internal structure of the Earth.
- 19. large tropical storm system with powerful, circular winds up to 150 mph
Down
- 1. a person who studies volcanoes, lava, magma, and related geological phenomena.
- 3. a prolonged period of abnormally hot weather
- 4. a person that studies and predicts the weather
- 5. prolonged periods with very little precipitation
- 10. an instrument which measures temperature
- 11. large, destructive fire that spreads quickly through brush and woodlands
- 16. a mass of snow, ice, and rocks falling rapidly down a mountainside.
- 17. to decrease the effects of an event, to make less severe, serious, or painful
- 18. an instrument that measures and records details of earthquakes, such as force and duration.