Watch out for tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, lightning, and extreme temperatures as you explore these great Web sites. First, print out the crossword puzzle so you can write down your answers. Be careful — it's pretty wild out there!

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4. Coastal floods can be caused by giant tidal waves called __________________.
Find the answer at: http://weathereye.kgan.com/cadet/flood/type.html

5. Ancient Greeks believed that lightning was a punishment from the god __________________.
Find the answer at: http://sln.fi.edu/weather/lightning/history.html

7. Tornadoes are powerful funnels of spiraling winds. In which direction would a tornado in Kansas most likely rotate?
Find the answer at: www.tornadoproject.com/cellar/tttttttt.htm

11. Lightning forms in a thunderstorm cloud where there are areas of positively and negatively charged __________________.  When the oppositely charged areas are near each other, an electrical discharge travels between them, causing lightning.
Find the answer at: http://sln.fi.edu/weather/lightning/science.html

12. Hurricanes are formed over warm __________________ oceans when there is the right combination of heat, moisture, and wind conditions.
Find the answer at: http://www.miamisci.org/hurricane/howhurrwork.html

14. The dangerous __________________ flood is the fastest-moving type of flood.
Find the answer at: http://weathereye.kgan.com/cadet/flood/about.html

16. When people suffer from hypothermia, their core body temperature _____________________ to unhealthy levels. 
Find the answer at: http://physics.ship.edu/~mrc/astro/NASA_Space_Science/observe.arc.nasa.gov/nasa/earth/wind_chill/chill_danger.html
 

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1. Did you know you can tell how far away lightning is by counting the seconds between the "flash" of lightning and the "bang" of thunder?  Each five seconds equals one mile.  If you count 15 seconds or less between lightning and thunder, you're in a high- __________________ zone.
Find the answer at: www.kidslightning.info/flshbang.htm

2. Which state held the record from 1950-1994 for the highest average number of tornadoes a year?
Find the answer at: www.infoplease.com/spot/tornado1.html

3. Which hurricane hit the coast of South Carolina in 1989?
Find the answer at:
www.loep.state.la.us/factsheets/retiringnmesthurrican.htm

6. What was the first hurricane of the year 2006 named?
Find the answer at:
http://www.miamisci.org/hurricane/hurricanenames.html

7. Which state has had the hottest temperature ever recorded?
Find the answer at:
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001375.html

8. Floods may be dangerous, but they can also make the surrounding soil more fertile. Ancient Egyptian farmers depended on the regular flooding of the __________________ River for a successful harvest.
Find the answer at: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/flood/gifts3.html

9. In 1743, a hurricane caught a stargazing Ben Franklin by surprise.  He had planned to study a lunar __________________ that evening.
Find the answer at: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/weather/hurricane/sfl-hc-history-1743,0,7302370.story

10. Travel into the middle of a hurricane!  The calm area in the center of the storm is called the __________________ .
Find the answer at: www.miamisci.org/hurricane/howhurrwork.html

13. Most tornadoes occur in "Tornado __________________," an area in the central United States that stretches from Nebraska to Texas.  There warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico meets cool, dry air from Canada.
Find the answer at: www.oar.noaa.gov/spotlite/archive/spot_climatology.html

15. Scientists use the Fujita Scale to measure the power of a tornado. A tornado with 200-mile-per-hour winds would be considered _________________________________________ .
Find the answer at: www.tornadoproject.com/fscale/fscale.htm