Australian Wildfires 2019-20 Flashcards
The wildfires started in…….. and subdued in ……….
start: July 2019
end: January 2020
more than………….sq km have been burned sine July
100,000 km2
more than ……………. wild animals have been burned and at least …………………… cows and sheep
as a result (secondary effects):
1 billion wildlife
100,000 cows and sheep
the actual figures will be much higher as habitat loss will leave the survivors starving
this means agriculture will suffer in Australia, and the fires burning territory means infrastructure had also been damaged, negatively impacting the some areas economically as their road connections are damaged
…………… Australian firefighters have been involved, along with ………… firefighters from ……………………
………………. military reservists were also deployed
3,700 Australian
a combined number of 240 from Canada, USA and New Zealand
3,000 reservists
Scott Morrison has promised AU$ …………….. for the recovery
AU$ 2 billion
the majority of the fires occurred in the ………… but started more intensively in the…………….
south east
started more intensively in the north
the three types of wildfires are:
-crown
this if hottest type, burning the tops of trees at 1100°C. this intense fire if hard to control and most quickly
-surface
this burns dry vegetation at the base of trees and will burn organic matter above ground at 900°C
-ground
this slow, smouldering fire burns at 540°C and burns through peat and dense layers of organic matter in the soil, moving at a slow pace but hard to put out
during the fires, the Australian gov. sent…………. aircraft to tackle the flames
at least 160 water bombing aircraft in the air on intense days
a least ……… people were killed in the fires
30 people
………….. were evacuated along the eastern and southern shorelines
thousands
about …………… homes have been destroyed in Victoria and New South Wales, compared to ………. int eh last fire season
3,000
compared to 70 last season
the population living in the urban-wildland interface has increased by …….% in the last decade
10% int eh last decade, meaning more people are living in at risk areas.
Scott Morrison was criticised because:
- he continues to deny climate change
- he continues to back the coal industry, which means Australia has one of the highest carbon footprints per capita in the world
- the government is going ahead with agreeing to build a new enormous coal mine in Queensland
the damage could be as high as $………….
$100 billion
Australia’s average temperature in 2019 was already ………………..degrees C above the long-term average from ……………. to ………….
Australia’s average temperature in 2019 was already 1.52 degrees Celsius above the long-term average from 1961 to 1990
