🔥 1. WILDFIRE VOCABULARY
What do we call an uncontrolled fire that spreads through vegetation such as forests or grasslands?
Wildfire
What is a long period with unusually little rainfall called?
Drought
Complete: "Strong winds caused the fire to ________ rapidly."
Spread
What is the term for the beginning or starting point of a fire?
Ignition
What happens to vegetation when it loses a large amount of moisture?
It becomes dry / more flammable.
The authorities installed an early-warning system as part of their long-term wildfire ________ strategy.
adaptation
A fire is moving rapidly toward a town. Authorities order residents to leave. What is this process called?
Evacuation
Which weather condition can rapidly push a wildfire across large areas?
Strong winds
The fire started after a long period of __________ weather.
dry
What do we call the amount of burnable vegetation and other material available to a fire?
Fuel load
What term describes the process of keeping a wildfire within a defined area and preventing it from spreading further?
Containment
The __________ from the fire made it difficult for people to breathe.
smoke
What is a strip of land created to slow or stop the spread of a wildfire?
Firebreak
The destruction of vegetation may increase the risk of ________ during heavy rainfall after the fire, as there are fewer plants to hold the soil in place.
soil erosion
Satellite images showed that the fire had crossed the natural ________ separating the forest from the residential area.
barrier