Name ________________________ Set ______ Home Learning Booklet Year 9 Extreme Weather (w) 1 This is your homework booklet for the topic of Extreme Weather. Homework Completion: All of your homework’s for this topic will be completed in this booklet. Your teacher will tell you which task needs to be completed each week and when your homework will be due. If you complete your homework task on the computer, make sure you stick it in on the task page it answers. If you do not complete your homework by the deadline your teacher gives you, you will be given a detention. Marking Your teacher will collect your homework booklet in for marking. The work will be marked according to the national curriculum criteria. Your teacher will then write a comment explaining how you can improve your level for the next task. 2 Task 1 – Where does extreme weather happen in the World? C B A 1. Name the oceans labelled on the map where tropical storms begin. A_______________________ B_______________________ C_______________________ 2. Name 3 places in the world where the coast may be at risk from a tropical storm ( hint. Look at where the arrows are pointing on the map) _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ 3 3. The darker area in the centre of the map shows where sea temperature is over 27degrees. Can you think of a reason why the sea temperature gets this hot in this part of the world? _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ 4. Using the information from questions 1, 2 and 3 see if you can fill in the gaps using full sentences to DESCRIBE and EXPLAIN where tropical storms happen in the world. Tropical storms happen only in some parts of the world such as __________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Tropical storms tend to have the worst effects in coastal areas such as ___________ _________________________________________________________________ These parts of the world are the only parts to have tropical storms because the sea__ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ 3a I can briefly describe the location of tropical storms on a map (either answer 1 or 2 correct) 4c I can describe the location of tropical storms using geographical vocabulary (answer to question 3 ) 5c I can begin to explain the location of tropical storms (answer to question 4) Teacher comment: 4 Patterns Patterns Patterns Task 2 - Why do some countries suffer more from climatic hazards than others? 1. Colour each of the statements below according to the key Social effects (on the people) Economic effects (on the economy – money) Environmental effects (on the physical environment) Mudslides might happen when soil becomes saturated Businesses destroyed and have to close Homes destroyed Longer term food and water shortages Heavy rain and storm surges causes flooding Power and communication affected Crops damaged so cannot be sold Floodwater brings diseases 2) What effects from the table in question 1 are more likely to be a problem in MEDC’s and why? _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ 3) What effects from the table in question 1 are more likely to be a problem in LEDC’s and why? _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ 5 3) Answer the questions in each box to suggest reasons why some countries suffer from tropical storms more than others Location – does where you are located in the world affect you suffering from tropical storms? ___________________________________ Prediction – Do MEDC’s and LEDC’s differ in ability to predict tropical storms? Suggest how and why ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ __________________________________ _ Preparation– Do MEDC’s and LEDC’s differ in how they prepare for tropical storms? Suggest how and why ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 4c I can identify how people are affected by a tropical storm Processes 5c I can describe different effects of tropical storms in LEDCs and MEDCs Space 5a I begin to explain different effects of tropical storms in LEDCs and MEDCs Space Teacher comment: 6 Task 3 – Drought in the World In lessons you will be studying about the causes and impacts of droughts. For this task you will need to use the internet or go to the library to research about the drought in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia (in the continent of Africa) in July 2011. Research the drought in these countries and then answer the questions below: 1. Suggest at least two things that caused the drought in this part of Africa. _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ 2. Suggest 3 ways the drought affects people. _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ 3. How were people in this part of Africa helped through the drought? Describe how and give details about who helped and how much it cost. _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ 7 4b I can use sources to find out information Enquiry 3 5b I can describe how people improve an area by delivering Environmental aid Awareness 1 Teacher comment: Task 4 – Should the people of Mississippi return? In lessons you will be learning about the flooding of the Mississippi river in the USA. In this task you need to write a letter to a family living in Mississippi and give them some information of whether you think they should return or not after the flooding – based on what you have learnt in class. There is a help sheet available for this task Dear family, I am sorry to hear you have been flooded by the great Mississippi river. I have studied this flood and know that there are many reasons why it happened such as __________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________(PTO) 8 This flood affected many people in the Mississippi are and the environment too. Some of the effects include____________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ In conclusion, I think you should / should not return to live near the Mississippi river in the future. This is because _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ 9 _________________________________________________ 4b I can suggest my opinion on whether people should move back to Mississippi 4a I can describe how the flood effects people and/or the environment 5a I describe both natural causes and human causes of the flood (i.e. how people made the flood worse) 6c I can conclude my letter by giving my opinion AND backing my opinion up with evidence from my letter Teacher comment: 10 Communication Processes Environmental Awareness 1 communication Task 5 – Flooding in an LEDC (a poorer country) - In this task you are going to research where flooding has occurred in an LEDC. You can choose any LEDC you wish. - Use the internet or go to a library to research. - Write your answers in the space below. - Try to research enough information to fill the spaces! Location of flood: Causes of the flood: What was the damage caused by the flood? How did the flood affect the people? How did people respond to the flood – how did they get help or help themselves? 11