Volcanoes and Other Natural Disasters: Criss Cross

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Across

  • 5. A trembling of the ground
  • 9. An expert who digs up ancient remains and tries to work out what happened in the past
  • 11. Segments of the Earth's crust
  • 12. A gap that is made by fire fighters in a forest or between buildings to stop a fire from spreading

Down

  • 1. The Earth's outer layer
  • 2. A wall built alongside a river or canal to hold back floodwater
  • 3. A long period with very little rain or no rain at all
  • 4. A large sailing ship with three or four masts
  • 6. The rainy season in tropical regions
  • 7. A large expanse of level land in the open country
  • 8. A scientist who studies the weather and predicts how it will change
  • 10. Red-hot liquid rock from inside the Earth that bursts on to the surface

Word Bank

archaeologist
crust
drought
dyke
fire break
forecaster
galleon
lava
monsoon
plain
plates
tremor