Forces of Nature

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. A storm with widespread snowfall accompanied by strong winds (8)
  2. 3. Mountain that erupts with lava (plural) (9)
  3. 5. A windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand (9)
  4. 7. A severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving at 63-136 knots (plural) (10)
  5. 8. Light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam (5)
  6. 12. A tornado passing over ___ and picking up a column of ___ and mist (10)
  7. 13. A storm resulting from strong rising air currents (12)
  8. 15. A violent rotating windstorm (7)

Down

  1. 2. A slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain (9)
  2. 4. Sudden shakings of the ground caused by movement within the Earth. (11)
  3. 6. Any wind that changes direction with the seasons (7)
  4. 7. Precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents (4)
  5. 9. Abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission (9)
  6. 10. A shortage of rainfall (7)
  7. 11. Partially melted snow (5)
  8. 14. Water falling from clouds (4)