Vocab
Fire Triangle
The spread
Mix Match
100

This word is used to describe the expansive nature of wildfires

uncontrolled

100

This part of air is key to fires starting and spreading

Oxygen

100

This ingredient was most likely the cause for the rapid spread of the LA fires

Wind/weather

100

The final score of last nights superbowl

40-22

200

Fire occurring at the tops of tree lines are known as this

Crown Fires

200

The most abundant gas in the atmosphere

Nitrogen

200

What three elements are required for a fire to occur?

Oxygen, Fuel, and Heat

200

What time of year do most wildfires occur?

Summer

300

This type of reaction results in fires getting started

Combustion

300

This gas is often used in fire extinguishers to control fires

Carbon Dioxide

300

Wildfires spread more rapidly when they head which direction

Uphill

300

True or False: Most wildfires occur naturally

True

400

Part of the Fire Triangle, what word do we use to describe materials that burn

Fuel

400

When a fire starts without a lit match and such

spontaneous combustion

400

List three human activities that can cause wildfires

Smoking, campfires, burning debris

400

What percent of wildfires are do to manmade ignorance?

85%

500

This word means how hilly or flat an area is

Topography

500

Digging trenches ahead of a fire is an attempt to limit what key fire ingredient

FUEL

500

Wildfires can travel at this amazing speed on average

14 mph

500

These winds whipped at about 90mph spreading the LA fires very quickly

Santa Anna

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