Summative: Natural Hazards Exit Card

This assignment covers the following overall expectations from this course:
A1. Geographic Inquiry: use the geographic inquiry process and the concepts of geographic thinking when
investigating issues relating to Canadian geography;
B1. The Physical Environment and Human Activities: analyse various interactions between physical processes,
phenomena, and events and human activities in Canada
B2. Interrelationships between Physical Systems, Processes, and Events: analyse characteristics of various
physical processes, phenomena, and events affecting Canada and their interrelationship with global physical
systems
B3. The Characteristics of Canada’s Natural Environment: describe various characteristics of the natural
environment and the spatial distribution of physical features in Canada, and explain the role of physical
processes, phenomena, and events in shaping them

Choose a natural hazard from the list below and make connections to the big ideas of this unit.
Earthquakes Hurricane
Floods Wildfires
Landslides Storm surges
Avalanches

Natural hazard:

What is Where?
What is this hazard? Conduct research to explain the science behind this phenomenon. Limit
yourself to 3-4 major points.
-near water/in flood plains
-to mch rain at once
-Deforestation causes erosion and flooding
-fast/big spring melt
-large rain fall

Where in Canada does this type of hazard mostly occur? Use the Canadian Disaster Database
to describe the patterns you see for this type of hazard.
-PEI
-The West Cost
-Ontario
Why There?
What interactions occur between landforms, climate (and sometimes biomes) to cause the
patterns you see in the location of this type of hazard? You might need to do some research
on this, but more importantly I want you to consider what factors are needed for these hazards
to occur, then make connections to what you have learned from the unit about landforms and
climate.
-more likely in dry areas on flood plains
-intence rain/snow melt

Why Care?
Consider the geographic perspective. How do these events impact the environment, people,
the economy, and political relationships both within and outside Canada?
Environmental Impacts; habitat loss; destroy crops; trees up-rooted
Social Impacts: people lose houses; die; everything closed; lose power;
Economic Impacts: loss of business; loss of jobs
Political Impacts (national, global): flood funds used;

Who is at risk from this type of hazard in this location? (Use the population map
provided in class to explain if there is a large number of people at risk).
A lot of people can be impacted by floods. Most of the areas where floods are
common have high populations.
Put your information into the class Powerpoint presentation using the format
provided.

Video/Image url

Research Links:
https://www.stevespanglerscience.com/2013/09/18/anatomy-of-a-flood/#:~:text=The
%20simple%20definition%20of%20a,a%20tropical%20storm%20or%20hurricane.
https://cdd.publicsafety.gc.ca/rslts-eng.aspx?cultureCode=en-
Ca&boundingBox=&provinces=1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13&eventTypes=%27FL
%27&eventStartDate=&injured=&evacuated=&totalCost=&dead=&normalizedCostYear=1
https://www.chiefscientist.qld.gov.au/publications/understanding-floods/what-factors-
contribute https://www.floodmanagement.info/what-are-the-negative-social-impacts-of-
flooding/ https://www.internetgeography.net/topics/how-does-flooding-affect-humans-and-
the-environment/ https://albertawater.com/what-are-the-consequences-of-
flooding/economic
Evaluation

Criteria Level 4 Level 3 Level 2 Level 1

Student demonstrates
considerable ability to…
Knowledge
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