Climatic Hazards– Worksheet 1

Name: ………………… - Date: ………………….

1. Mention and explain the main climatic hazards that can cause damage to people and property.
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2. How do climatic hazards affect people?

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3. Describe strategies to reduce the negative impacts of climatic hazards.
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4. Explain why strategies for preventing loss of life in cyclones are more successful in developed than
in developing countries.
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5. Complete the chart with advantages and disadvantages of food aid as a strategy for dealing with
drought.

ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES

6. Case Study: Cyclone in Orissa, India 1999. (pp. 171-172).

a. Complete the chart with key facts.
Date and place Physical features of the cyclone Loss of life Amount and type of damage

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 b. Describe the longer term effects of the cyclone for people in the areas affected.
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c. State the physical and human reasons why so many people died.
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7. Gloom, doom and hope. (p. 173)

a. Look at figure 3.71 and explain why the same areas keep being affected by drought and
floods.
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b. What can be done?
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 c. Explain the problems stated in the newspaper headlines in figure 3.72
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d. What can be done?
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e. Read Signs of Hope. Describe the grounds for hope.
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f. How have they been achieved?
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