Across
- 3. A segment of the Earth that sits below the crust.
- 7. A type of natural hazard caused by the movement of tectonic plates.
- 8. A prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall causing a shortage of water.
- 9. The name for tropical storms in North American and the Caribbean.
- 10. A type of plate boundary where the plates move apart.
- 12. A cloud of this is emitted during a volcanic eruption.
- 14. One of the Three Ps: P..., Protection and Planning.
- 15. A extremely large wave from the ocean that floods coastal areas.
- 17. The name for lava before it reaches the surface.
- 18. The circular center of a tropical storm.
Down
- 1. The dense oceanic plate that subducts beneath the South American plate creating the Andes Mountains.
- 2. An area of volcanic activity far from plate margins. Hawaii is an example of this. (Two words)
- 4. A type of natural hazard caused by the occurrence and distribution of water.
- 5. The likelihood of a natural hazard occurring. (Two words)
- 6. A type of plate boundary where the two plate rub past each other. An example is the San Andreas Fault.
- 7. A period of strong, sustained surface wind.
- 11. The point on the surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.
- 13. The name of the force that causes the winds to bend and storms to spin. It is caused by the curvature of the Earth.
- 14. A type of effect or response that happens immediately affect an event.
- 16. A type of volcano that occurs at constructive plate margins. These volcanoes have non-viscous lava, so their sides are very shallow.