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DE LA SALLE COLLEGE

Geography Department

Ms.Diane Sammut

TOPIC 2

WORKBOOK

Natural Hazards

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Defining NATURAL WORKSHEET

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3. Decide which natural disaster each person below is speaking about :

2. Which of the natural disasters involve:

very hot temperatures? ___________________________

rocks or earth moving? ___________________________

strong winds? __________________________________

water (in any form) or no water ____________________

4. Match 1-7 with a-g to make sentences.

1. The volcanic eruption has destroyed

2. A year without rain has caused

3. Doctors in the area

4. The United Nations is sending food aid to

5. The tsunami reached

6. Five skiers were injured in

7. The TV report showed the route of

a) the avalanche on Sunday afternoon.

b) the tornado: it struck the city and then moved east.

c) the forest and all the homes in the area around the mountain.

d) say that thousands of people are now ill with the disease. e) the coast and destroyed thousands of homes.

f) the victims of the famine.

5. Match the headlines with the natural disasters in the box.

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EXTREME WEATHER events

WORKSHEET

1.2 Research details about the following destructive cyclones and hurricane events.

Notes pages 4-7

Complete the key and colour the affected areas for each weather event listed above

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Hurricane FACTSHEET WORKSHEET

1.3 When tropical storms hit poor countries impacts and responses may be more severe and long-term.

Log on the following website and read the information about Typhoon Haiyan which occurred in a less

developed country. Then complete the table below with facts and figures.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/z9whg82/revision/4

TYPHOON HAIYAN FACTSHEET

Date: Place/s: Max. wind speed:

Causes Impacts Response

Social

Economic

Environmental

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Family FLOOD PLAN WORKSHEET

1.4 Environment agencies encourage people to make family flood plan like the one below.

In the spaces below write a reason for each

point.

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When the UK FLOODS Early summer 2007 was the wettest ever recorded in the UK. Major flooding affected large

parts of the country, with the north and west worst hit. Water levels in many places were at

their highest for over 200 years. Some of the most serious flooding was around Gloucester in the west of

England.

Look and drawing A on the following page and answer the following questions.

1. Which river flows through Gloucester? _____________________________________________________

2. Which other rivers drain the area? _________________________________________________________

3. Which settlements were affected by the flooding? ____________________________________________

4. What are the names of the two upland areas? _______________________________________________

5. Use the information in the drawing and list the causes of the flooding in the table below :

6. Sort the information in diagram C according to the heading in the table below :

WORKSHEET

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Causes of the Gloucestershire floods

NATURAL CAUSES HUMAN CAUSES

MAIN EFFECTS EFFECTS ON TRAVEL PROBLEMS AFTER

FLOODS FACTS AND FIGURES

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Most people think that flooding can never happen to them. Well it can !

Match up the flood warning codes with the statements.

WORKSHEET

1.6 How does the UK COPE WITH FLOODS?

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How does Bangladesh COPE WITH FLOODS?

WORKSHEET

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1. Look carefully at the map and the scheme descriptions on

the next page.

Show the advantages by putting a tick ain the columns A, B,

C or D.

Complete one factor at a time.

More than one column may be ticked for each factor.

2. Add up the ticks to find which scheme has the most

advantages.

3. Which scheme would you choose? The one with the most

advantages would be the best.

__________________________________________________

Notes pages 12-14

Look at the table below. It shows some of the factors to think about when choosing a flood protection

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Notes pages 15-16

Read the sentences below and fill the empty spaces. Look for the missing words in the

information sheet given.

Then, find these hidden words in the puzzle!

1. In some ways, wildfires are good, though. They clear dead and _______________ plants so new plants

can grow.

2. Wildfires need three things to thrive and firefighters call these three things the fire _______________.

3. Most wildfires are caused by ________________, but some fires are caused by __________________.

4. Every year in the U.S., _________________ burn more than 5 million acres. Wildfires can start in a

second and move at about 14 miles per hour.

5. They include a fuel source, such as dry ________________ and plants; _________________, which is

delivered by wind and air; and a _________________ source, such as a cigarette,

a spark from a campfire, a lightning strike or even the sun.

6. Wildfires can destroy ___________________ and buildings and even kill people.

7. Firefighters sometimes fight wildfires from __________________ or helicopters.

They drop water or fire-retardant chemicals on or near the fire.

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1.8 Searching WILDFIRES

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Deadly AVALANCHE In August 2008 an avalanche killed eight climbers near Mont Blanc in the French Alps. It

was one of several avalanches to hit the Alps in 2008 and took the death toll for the summer to one hundred,

the highest since the 1970s. Below is an extract from The Independent that describes what happened.

Notes pages 17-18 WORKSHEET

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Read through the newspaper extract and answer the following questions.

1. Which countries did the eight victims come from? ___________________________________________

2. Explain why the rescuers called off the search. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. Describe the avalanche that killed the climbers. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. What was the probable cause of the avalanche? ____________________________________________________________________________________

5. Was there any indication that the climbers had done anything wrong? ____________________________________________________________________________________

6. Should climbers continue to be allowed to climb Mont Blanc in the summer? Explain your answer. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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SAVING MY Slide-City Home

You are faced with the engineering problems of protecting a house from a landslide.

Brainstorming with your classmates to design creative solutions.

Notes pages 20-21 WORKSHEET

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