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WorksheetsARK Y8 Assessment Lent 1 Disasters by choice
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 20mins
True or False:
Natural hazards are all part of the physical processes and interactions in the Earth’s spheres and systems.
True
False
2.
Which of the following is not a natural hazard?
War/Conflict
Extreme weather
Volcanic eruption
Tsunami
True or False:
Vulnerability means people do not have the resources, knowledge or choices available to stop nature from harming them.
True
False
Using the infographic, what has happened to the total number of deaths in all disasters between 1900 and 2020?
Increased
Fluctuated
Decreased
Stayed the same
Which of the following statements are true about global deaths from natural disasters?
Select all of the correct answers.
Droughts and floods have killed more people since 1900 than any other hazard.
Historically, wildfires have caused the highest number of deaths.
Historically, deaths from events could reach millions.
Stayed the same
True or False:
Heatwaves caused more deaths before the year 2000 than after.
True
False
7.
Using the infographic, how many deaths occurred in Boxing Day tsunami in 2004?
O
10,000
227,000
2 million
True or False:
Risk of disaster can be calculated by adding the risk of natural hazards to vulnerability of an area.
True
False
Which of the following statements are true about the World Risk Index score?
Select all of the correct answers.
The northern hemisphere has the same World Risk Score.
Large areas of Europe have low to very low risk.
Africa has the largest surface area of any continent with a high to very high risk score.
Which of the following statements are true about the natural hazards that occur in Haiti?
Select all of the correct answers.
Haiti is located in the main pathway of storms or hurricanes regularly in the Caribbean.
Haiti experiences volcanic eruptions.
The earthquake in Haiti in 2010 killed more than 100 times the number that recently died in the 2021 Haiti earthquake.
True or False:
Haiti is a former French economy with a population of 3 million people.
True
False
Select the correct answers from the drop-down options.
In 2010 (a) experienced a strong (b) near the capital city.
True or False:
Over 1.5 million people needed emergency shelter in Haiti due to the 2010 earthquake.
True
False
Using the Figure, what is the capital of Haiti?
(a)
Which of the following statements are true about the history of Haiti?
Select all of the correct answers.
Haiti was in debt to France since Haiti's independence.
Haiti was a wealthy country since 1492.
Political instability and opinions of the rich 3 per cent of the population means that Haiti did not develop widespread earthquake proof infrastructure before the earthquake in 2010.
Using the Figure, which country had the highest lack of coping capabilities when it comes to disasters?
Dominica
Jamaica
Haiti
Japan
Using the Figure, which of the following countries has the lowest overall natural exposure to disasters?
Dominica
Bahamas
Haiti
Japan
Which of the following statements are true about inability to cope with disasters?
Select all of the correct answers.
Haiti has earthquake proof buildings across the country.
Haiti also lacks significant resources to recover from disasters and protect against future ones due to high levels of poverty.
Political instability meant that focus was not on disaster prevention.
True or False:
Haiti ranks ninth on the global ranking for shortage of coping capacity.
True
False
What name is a tropical cyclone called in the Caribbean and North America?
Typhoon
Cyclone
Hurricane
Tornado
The highest average number of tropical cyclones in a year can be found on which line of latitude?
Equator
Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Capricorn
Arctic Circle
Which ocean has the highest number of tropical storms per year?
Atlantic Ocean
Arctic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Southern Ocean
Indian Ocean
For a tropical cyclone to form, the sea temperature needs to be at least 20˚ C and at a depth of 40 metres.
True
False
Which two statements are correct about the formation of a tropical cyclone?
The tropical cyclone can be as wide as 320 miles.
Air pressure is very low in the eye of the tropical cyclone.
The eye wall has the strongest winds and rains.
The eye of the storm has the strongest winds and rains.
Drag and drop the correct answer into the spaces provided:
(a) form due to warm water heating air, causing it to rise, creating (b)
pressure in the atmosphere. Warm air meets cold air and condenses, forming precipitation. At sea level, the rapidly (c)
air is replaced by warm moist air from outside.
The (a) causes tropical cyclones to (b) . This is because in the (c) hemisphere tropical cyclones spin (d) in an direction from the equator towards the north (e) .
Which two answers relate to the Saffir-Simpson wind scale?
Select all the correct answers.
Trees and houses are blown down during a category 1.
There are 5 categories of wind speed.
Category 3 has winds from 178-250 km/h.
Catastrophic damage will occur at both category 4 and 5 .
The wind direction determines the category in the Saffir-Simpson scale.
True
False
A tropical cyclone is created only if wind speeds exceed 119 km/h.
True
False
