Wildfires and Droughts Review

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Across
  1. 2. Clear an area of ___ft. around the barrel for debris burning
  2. 4. Droughts have ___ effects
  3. 6. 71% of the Earth is covered with this
  4. 7. Fire moves ____ on flat terrain
  5. 8. One of the leading causes of wildfires
  6. 9. ____ hold 70% of Earth's fresh water supply
  7. 10. Major cause of Western wildfires
  8. 13. Direction the terrain is facing
  9. 14. Grass, leaves, pine needles, twigs, branches
  10. 15. Being depleted
  11. 16. Fire moves _____ up steep slopes
  12. 17. Most common wildfire season
  13. 18. Any unwanted fire that burns fields, Grass, brush, and forests
  14. 21. Ratio of water supply and demand
  15. 22. Gasses that trap the Sun's heat in the atmosphere
Down
  1. 1. Pennsylvania's transition of vegetation greening ____ in the Fall
  2. 3. Communities that stay ___ and prepared rebound quicker from drought
  3. 5. Water rights:First come first serve
  4. 8. 72% of water withdrawals
  5. 11. Lost 56% of glaciers due to climate change
  6. 12. Supplies 25% of food eaten in the US
  7. 13. On average, 4,300 ___ burn each year due to wildfires in PA
  8. 19. Pennsylvania's wildfire season is ____ and Fall
  9. 20. Less than normal precipitation over an extended period of time