Geog climatic hazards qs

Revision guide for climatic hazards What is a tropical storm? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ What is a drought? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ What is el-Ni単o? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ What is la-Ni単a? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ What is desertification? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ What is global climate change? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ What are the causes of a tropical storm? Draw an annotated diagram to show how a tropical storm is formed.

________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Describe features of a tropical storm. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ Describe conditions that led to a tropical storm in a named LEDC. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Describe conditions that led to a tropical storm in a named MEDC. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Describe and explain the physical and human causes of a drought.

Physical causes ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Human causes ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Explain how humans can make the effects of a drought severe.

________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Explain two ways that droughts can affect farmers and explain how farmers can reduce the effects of a drought.

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Describe the distribution of food security risk.

________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Describe features of the path of tropical cyclones.

________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Describe the distribution of tropical storms.

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________________________________________________________________ Describe two ways to predict and monitor tropical storm. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Explain how prediction of and preparation for tropical storms can help to reduce the effects. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________

Describe two ways to manage droughts in a named LEDC. Explain how sustainable these methods are. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Describe two ways to manage droughts in a named MEDC. Explain how sustainable these methods are. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________ Why do people live in drought prone areas in LEDCs? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Why do people live in drought prone areas in MEDCs? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Describe and explain two secondary effects of droughts in a named LEDC. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Describe and explain two secondary effects of droughts in a named MEDC. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Why droughts affect LEDCs more than MEDCs? Describe and explain two reasons. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ How can people be protected from tropical storms? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ How can people be protected from droughts? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Can droughts be predicted? How? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Describe and explain two short-term responses to a tropical storm in an MEDC. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Explain how aid can help to reduce the impacts of a drought in the short-term. Why it is not sustainable in the long-term?

________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Describe and explain two short-term responses to a tropical storm in an LEDC. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Describe and explain two short-term responses to a tropical storm in an MEDC. ________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Describe and explain two long-term responses to droughts in an MEDC. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Describe and explain two long-term responses to a droughts in an LEDC. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Compare and contrast primary and secondary effects of droughts in a named LEDC and MEDC. You can make a table for comparison.

LEDC

MEDC

Primary effects

Secondary effects

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Compare and contrast effects of tropical storms in LEDCs and MEDCs. LEDC

MEDC

Primary effects

Secondary effects

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Compare and contrast responses of tropical storms in LEDCs and MEDCs. ________________________________________________________________ LEDC

MEDC

Short-term responses

Long-term responses

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Case study questions: Causes, effects and responses of droughts in a named LEDC (Ethiopia) Causes, effects and responses of droughts in a named MEDC (California or Australia) Causes, effects and responses of tropical storms in a named LEDC (Cyclone Nargis) Causes, effects and responses of tropical storms in a named MEDC (hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Patricia)

Make a glossary of the keywords.

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meaning

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meaning