Natasha Mehta Solutions for Exercise 7: EXERCISE

All natural disasters can cause large-scale destruction of lives and property. Do you think new technological advances have helped a lot in predicting and protecting from such disasters and also in controlling damage?

Solve the password puzzle using the clues given below:

Across:

3. After heating, the density of the air _____.

6. A naturally occurring phenomenon that causes damage and destruction.

8. Storms in which strong winds are accompanied by heavy rainfall, thunder, and lightning.

Down:

1. Air moving in a flow and in a particular direction is called _____.

2. Movement of the cyclone winds become stronger and is called _____.

4. During this phenomenon winds blow at a high speed of around $300 \mathrm{km}/\mathrm{h}$.

5. Loud and booming sound produced during lightning.

7. A blanket of air that surrounds the Earth.

Name any three global organisations that help people affected by natural disaster.

Name the states that were hit by cyclones in the last five years in India.

Name the states of India affected by the heat-wave in the last five years.

Name the states of India which were affected by floods in the last five years.

Name the states of India that were hit by an earthquake in the last five years.

Write the names of states which were affected by the tsunami in the last five years.