Environmental emergencies
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Environmental emergencies definitions

Environmental emergencies definitions

Crossword

Complete the crossword, then click on "Check" to check your answer. If you are stuck, you can click on "Hint" to get a free letter. Click on a number in the grid to see the clue or clues for that number.
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Across:

1. It’s a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action.
4. It’s a heavy fall of snow, especially with high wind and extreme temperatures.
6. It’s a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other disturbance.
8. It’s an infectious disease caused by a virus, the most common symptoms are chills, fever, sore throat, muscle pains and coughing.
9. It’s an uncontrolled fire occurring in nature.

Down:

2. It’s a type of storm called a tropical cyclone, which forms over tropical or subtropical waters.
3. It’s a period of excessively hot weather and high humidity with temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius.
5. It’s a rupture in the crust of the Earth that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.
7. It’s a common natural disaster when water inundates land that is normally dry.