Name:___________________________ Class period:___ _________ Date:_________________ I can give details on various natural disasters and explain the difference between a hazard and a disaster. 1. Define Natural hazard: Natural disaster: 2. Research information within the United States based on the assigned disaster and location: Plot the location of the disaster on the map. Disaster Define and Explain what people experience during the disaster. What actually causes the disaster to happen? Safety efforts made to reduce the impact of the hazard Specific location and time of year areas are most at risk for disaster Name, Date, Location and impact of a Historical Disaster Cost of Damage following the historical disaster 3. Use the table below to answer and give details based on if there where there any natural disasters anywhere in the world that occurred on your birthday: Disaster Location Date Safety efforts that residents and officials are making to reduce the impact of the hazards Cost of Damage Close out questions: 1.What is the difference between a natural disaster and a natural hazard? Explain and give examples 2. Is it possible for these disasters and hazards to be avoided? Explain. 3. How and what can humans do in order to prepare for these disasters and hazards? Explain what can be done to reduce or control the impact on lives and property. Resources: Include links of any other resources you used for research. A “simple google search” is not accepted, website must be included within list of resources. Must use at least two resources. Plot of Disasters by location in the USA 4. Looking at the Disaster of the United States, what trends do you notice in the pictograph? What natural disaster are you most likely to be affected by? What natural disaster are you most likely to NOT experience? Why are some disasters more likely to happen in one area over another area? Explain based on location as well as weather conditions or location near earth’s geological structures. Explain your claims with evidence and reasoning from your research, personal experience and data analyzed on the pictograph. Name:__________________________ Class:______ Date:________ Natural disasters kill on average 60,000 people per year and are responsible for 0.1% of global deaths The number of deaths from natural disasters can be highly variable from year-to-year; some years pass with very few deaths before a large disaster event claims many lives. If we look at the average over the past decade, approximately 60,000 people globally died from natural disasters each year. In the visualization shown below we see the annual variability in the number and share of deaths from natural disasters in recent decades. What we see is that in many years, the number of deaths can be very low – often less than 10,000, and accounting for as low as 0.01% of total deaths. But we also see the devastating impact of shock events: Cyclone Nargis which struck Myanmar in 2008; and the 2010 Port-au-Prince earthquake in Haiti. All of these events pushed global disasters deaths over 200,000 deaths in these years. Low-frequency, high-impact events such as earthquakes and tsunamis are not preventable, but such high losses of human life are. We know from historical data that the world has seen a significant reduction in disaster deaths through earlier prediction, more resilient infrastructure, emergency preparedness, and response systems. Those at low incomes are often the most vulnerable to disaster events: improving living standards, infrastructure and response systems in these regions will be key to preventing deaths from natural disasters in the coming decades. 1. What does the word "highly variable" most nearly mean in the first sentence? A. constant B. large amounts C. changes a lot D. controlled 2. Which statement BEST matches the author’s claim? A. When plates grind together, pressure builds up and this energy causes earthquakes. B. Natural disasters cannot be prevented nor predicted C. Natural disasters are responsible for many deaths globally D. Natural disasters are responsible for a small amount of death overall 3. What can you conclude about volcanic activity after reading the passage? A. B. C. D. 4. Tsunamis cause earthquakes and more deaths Sudden lowering death rates is due to other disasters that occur They are rarely responsible for deaths associated with natural disasters Lack of preparation by humans causes volcanic deaths What percentage of death is connected to natural disasters globally? A. 1% B. 10% C. 0.01% D. 10,000 1. According to the graph above, what trend do you notice in amount of deaths associated with natural disasters? a. b. c. d. Decline in deaths over time Increase in deaths over time Earthquakes becoming more severe over time Volcanic activity becoming more severe over time 2. According to the graph above, what was the approximate amount of overall deaths due to natural disasters during 2015? a. 25,000 b. 50,000 c. 0 d. 2,500 3. What represents the independent variable in the graph above? Amount of deaths Years Earthquakes Magnitude of earthquakes 4. What represents the dependent variable in the graph above? A. Amount of deaths B. Years C. Earthquakes D. Magnitude of earthquakes 5. What label missing from the graph above? A. title B. Years C. Amount of deaths D. Magnitude of earthquakes 6. What can you conclude by comparing death rates from 2009 to 2019 as people prepare for natural disasters? a. Safety plans to prepare for natural disasters have greatly declined in 2019 than in 2009 b. People are moving away from natural disaster locations c. The data is probably not accurate and there are many more deaths than reported d. Safety plans to prepare for natural disasters have greatly improved in 2019 than in 2009 Using the Graph on the previous page, create a data table in the space below using the data points and information directly from the graph. Table Include an additional column for the average deaths in each category: All Natural disasters, Earthquakes, Volcanic activity Create a concrete conclusion statement about the data that you have organized and analyzed.
