Study Guide Natural Disasters

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Across
  1. 3. Scale that measures the wind speed of hurricanes in categories
  2. 5. Bedrock beneath Florida's surface
  3. 9. Landscapes made of limestone
  4. 11. Violent cyclonic storm that develops over ocean water
  5. 12. Areas in the United States where tornadoes most occur
Down
  1. 1. Land surrounded on three sides by water
  2. 2. scale that measures the wind speed of tornadoes
  3. 4. Sudden rush of water onshore caused by a hurricane making landfall
  4. 6. Depressions in the ground caused by eroding limestone
  5. 7. Scale that measures the magnitude of an earthquake is called the ____________ scale
  6. 8. Sudden violent shaking of the Earth's surface
  7. 10. Violently rotating column of air extending downward from a thunderstorm