WILDFIRES

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Across
  1. 2. Fuel that allows a fire to climb up from the landscape or forest floor into the tree canopy.
  2. 5. A scientist who studies ecology
  3. 7. Danger
  4. 10. the ability to be maintained at a certain rate or level
  5. 15. a community or group of living organisms that live in and interact with each other in a specific environment
  6. 20. extremely large or great
  7. 22. That part of the environment that is made or modified by humans for use in human activities
  8. 23. all the plants or plant life of a place, taken as a whole
  9. 24. Catch fire or cause to catch fire.
  10. 26. Fire that has ascended from the ground into the forest
  11. 27. a sudden and widespread disaster
Down
  1. 1. capable of being affected
  2. 3. plenty
  3. 4. an uncontrolled fire that burns in the wildland vegetation
  4. 6. A controlled burn, also known as hazard reduction burning,
  5. 8. forcibly put an end to.
  6. 9. a substance that provides nourishment essential for growth and the maintenance of life.
  7. 11. Oxygen, heat, and fuel are frequently referred to as the fire triangle
  8. 12. the species to which all modern human beings belong
  9. 13. develop gradually, especially from a simple to a more complex form.
  10. 14. roughly calculate
  11. 16. the branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings.
  12. 17. Living thing
  13. 18. to lessen
  14. 19. barrier of cleared or plowed land intended to check a forest or grass fire.
  15. 21. The long period of time occupied by the earth's geologic history.
  16. 25. the state of being invaded or overrun by pests or parasites