QESOSA Tong Kwok Wah Secondary School
2014-2015 Secondary THREE Geography
Section 5 Living with Natural Hazards
Contents
Page number
on Textbook
Unit 5.1: Are we living in a hostile world?
3-8
Unit 5.2: How can we describe the relief of Hong Kong?
9-23
Unit 5.3: What are the causes and effects of landslides?
24-39
Unit 5.4: Why does most of Asia suffer from strong winds and
heavy rain in summer?
Name : __________________( )
Class : __________________
40-55
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Unit 5.1: Are we living in a hostile world?
Key Questions:
1.
2.
3.
What is a natural hazard?
What are the major types and examples of natural hazards of the world?
Where do they commonly occur?
Preparatory task
Find out the meaning of the BOLD words. Write down the definition in Chinese in the boxes below.
Passage A
1. When earthquakes and typhoons cause no harm to people, they are only natural events. If they cause
loss of life and property, they are natural hazards.
2. There are many natural hazards of the world such as earthquake, volcanic eruption, tsunami,
landslide, wildfire, typhoon, drought, flood, pests.
3. Natural hazards can be classified into four types including geologic hazards, meteorological hazards,
hydrological hazards and biological hazards.
 Geologic hazards are hazards that are mainly caused by plate movement.
 Climatic hazards are hazards that are caused by extreme weather like long periods of little or
very heavy rain.
 Hydrological hazards are hazards that are caused by water.
 Biological hazards are hazards that are caused by the growth of undesirable pests or diseases.
English
1.
loss of life and property
2.
natural hazards
3.
earthquake
4.
volcanic eruption
5.
tsunami
6.
landslide
7.
wildfire
8.
typhoon
9.
drought
Chinese
10. flood / flooding
11. pests
12. geologic hazards
13. climatic hazards
14. hydrological hazards
15. biological hazards
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1. What is a natural hazard? (Textbook, p.4)
Read the following news clippings and answer the questions below.
Newspaper Cutting 1
Earthquake of 7.3 on the Richter scale occurred in western Japan
In western Honshu in Japan, an earthquake measured 7.3 on the Richter scale
occurred on Friday afternoon. It was the most violent earthquake in the past five
years, causing 39 people injured, among which three of them were buried during
the landslide. Over twenty buildings were damaged.
Newspaper Cutting 2
Earthquake of 8.1 on the Richter scale occurred in China
An earthquake of 8.1 on the Richter scale occurred at the boundary of Xin Jiang
and Qing Hai yesterday. It was the world’s most violent earthquake in this year,
as well as China’s most serious earthquake in the past 50 years. Even people in
northern Sichuan and Dunhuang of Gansu could feel the shock. But it was
fortunate that nobody lived in the area of epicenter. There was not any casualty
reported.
i)
What is the natural event happened in the above newspaper cutting?
The natural event in newspaper cutting 1 is __________________________.
The natural event in newspaper cutting 2 is __________________________.
ii) Which newspaper cutting talks about a natural hazard? Why?
The newspaper cutting _______ talks about a natural hazard. It is because
__________________________________________________________________.
On the other hand, the newspaper cutting ______ does not talk about a natural
hazard. It is because _________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________.
iii) What is a natural hazard?
Natural hazard refers to _________________________ such as _____________ or
__________________ that ____________________________________________.
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2. What are the major types and examples of natural hazards of
the world? (Textbook, p.5)
Task 1
The photos below show some natural hazards of the world. Label the
following natural hazards.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
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Task 2 Classify the above natural hazards into the following types.
Types of natural hazards
Examples of natural hazards
Geologic hazards
Climatic hazards
Hydrological hazards
Biological hazards
Task 3 Use a graphic organizer (
) to classify the natural hazards. Complete it
in Notebook.
Task 4 Use a paragraph to define and describe the natural hazards of the world.
Complete it in Notebook.
Natural hazards refer to ____________________________________________
_____________________________. Natural hazards can be classified into _____ types
including _____________ hazards, ____________ hazards, _____________ hazards
and ________________ hazards. ________________ and _________________ are the
examples of geologic hazards while typhoons and _______________ are the examples
of _____________________. Besides, _______________ and _______________ are
the
examples
of
hydrological
hazards
and
pests
are
the
example
of
_____________________.
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3. Where do they commonly occur? (Textbook, p.6-7)
Study the following figures and complete the questions below.
Figure 1 World distribution of earthquakes and volcanoes
Figure 2 World distribution of areas that are prone to drought, flood and typhoon
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1. Refer to the above figures, complete the following table.
Natural Hazards
Location
Earthquake and volcanoes
Drought
Flood
Typhoon
2. Complete the following paragraph.
Some natural hazards are found all over the world, but some are only found in
particular locations. Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are mostly found in areas
_______________________________________ while typhoon are mostly found
__________________________________. On the other hand, floods can be found
_______________________________and_________________________________
_________________________________ all over the world.
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