Across
- 3. Tropical cyclones can develop over large, ____ oceans
- 5. a force resulting from the spinning of the Earth
- 7. Tropical cyclones form over areas of _____ pressure.
- 8. The acronym given to area where winds from north and south of the equator meet
- 9. cyclones dissipate when they move over cool water or ____.
- 11. This natural affect of tropical cyclones will close roads.
- 12. Acts in the formation of a cyclone to transfer heat from the ocean to the upper atmosphere.
- 14. Where on Earth is the sun's heating most intense?
- 17. The steering flow for tropical cylcones.
- 19. Tonga does not have any of these natural features
- 20. The ____ is the driving force of the weather.
- 21. people utilizing relief centres after a TC is a ______ effect.
- 22. The northern hemisphere Tropic that TCs form within.
Down
- 1. The southern hemisphere Tropic that TCs form within.
- 2. The name of the cyclone that struck Taupo, Feb. 2018.
- 4. _________ observe climatic changes from weather stations.
- 6. The direction a TC spins in the southern hemisphere.
- 10. Salinization of soil after a TC is a ________ effect.
- 13. When extreme natural events threaten people, property and their activities, they are natural ________.
- 15. Tonga's ______ made the island most vulnerable to Gita.
- 16. The abnormal rise of water generated by a TC.
- 18. The centre of a tropical cyclone.
