Disaster Vocabulary

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. A violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction (9)
  2. 7. A process in which one or more substances are changed into others (8)
  3. 9. A relation of constraint of one entity by another (7)
  4. 10. A written document describing the findings of some individual or group (6)
  5. 11. The stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area (14)
  6. 13. A person trained to assist medical professionals and to give emergency medical treatment (9)
  7. 14. Hot flames that burn (4)
  8. 15. Involving risk or danger (9)
  9. 16. The force of ___ and officers (6)

Down

  1. 1. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened (7)
  2. 2. A nonparticipant spectator (9)
  3. 3. Screen that shows what a computer is doing (7)
  4. 5. Plundering during riots or in wartime (7)
  5. 6. A special group delegated to consider some matter (9)
  6. 8. A message received and understood (11)
  7. 12. A vehicle that takes people to and from hospitals (9)