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Geo Natural Disasters Flashcards

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1
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How many disaster categories?

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3

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Name the disaster catergory relating to water

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Hydrologic

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Name the disaster catergory relating to earth movement

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Geological

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Name the disaster catergory relating to air

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Atmospheric

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Name all the Geologic Disasters

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Earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, landslides

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What catergory do earthquakes fall in?

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Geologic

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What catergory do landslides fall in?

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Geologic

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What catergory do volcanic eruptions fall in?

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Geologic

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How many Geologic disasters are there?

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4

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What catergory do tsunamis fall in?

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Geologic

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How many atmospheric disasters

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9

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Name the atmospheric disaster starting with t

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Typhoons, tropical storms, tornadoes, (severe) thunderstorms

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Name the atmospheric disasters NOT starting with t

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Hurricanes, blizzards, lightning, hail, and ice storms

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Why are coniferous trees soft

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They grow fast so they don’t have time to harden (less density)

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What disaster category is hurricane

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Atmospheric

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What disaster category is typhoons

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Atmospheric

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What disaster category is tornadoes

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Atmospheric

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What disaster category is tropical storms

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Atmospheric

19
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What disaster category is severe thunderstorms

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Atmospheric

20
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What disaster category are blizzards

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Atmospheric

21
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What disaster category is lightning

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Atmospheric

22
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What disaster category is hail

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Atmospheric

23
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What disaster category is ice storms

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Atmospheric

24
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How are atmospheric disasters caused

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By weather and climate

25
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How are geologic disasters caused

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Earth’s processes especially those involving tectonic plate

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How are hydrologic disasters caused

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Waters processes

27
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Name the hydrologic disasters

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Flooding, erosion, drought, avalanche

28
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How many vegetation regions

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7

29
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Which vegetation regions are mainly coniferous

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West Coast Forest, Cordilleran, Boreal/Taiga

30
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Vegetation impact by precipitation?

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Semi-desert to (grassland, parkland)
forest,
shrubs/cacti to both tree types (short grass, tall grass, long grass scattered trees)

31
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Vegetation impact by temperature?

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Cold to warm, Tundra to (Taiga, boreal, mixed) deciduous forest,
Grass/moss/shrub to just deciduous trees. Taiga/boreal - coniferous, mixed is mixed.

32
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What does COSEWIC stand for

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the Committee On the Status of Endangered Wildlife In Canada

33
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Why do species go extinct

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Loss/Destruction of Habitat, Climate Change, Hunting and illegal trafficking, Invasive Species
Disease, Lack of Genetic Diversity

34
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Number of Endagerment Statuses?

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5

35
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List the endangerment statuses in order

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Special concern, threatened, endangered, extirpated, extinct

36
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What does special concern mean?

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The species may become threatened or endangered by a combination of biological characteristics and environmental threats. 119 SC

37
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What does threatened mean?

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Likely to become endangered if nothing is done to limit the factors threatening its existence.
127 T

38
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What does endangered mean?

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A species is facing imminent extirpation of extinction if nothing is done. 223 EN

39
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What does extirpated mean?

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The species no longer exists in the wild in Canada, but still survives in another part of the world. It may be possible to re-introduce it in Canada. 23 EX

40
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What does extinct mean?

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The species no longer exists anywhere in the world. 905 EXT (last 500yrs)

41
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What is a Primary Effect

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(Immediate) A result of the process itself. (water damage due to a flood, and collapse of buildings/trees), ground shaking, landslides)

42
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What is a secondary effect?

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Little later or subsequent of a primary effect. Secondary effects include tsunamis, pollution, river re-route, power outage due to tree fallen on power line, and disease due to lack of medical facilities.

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What is a Tertiary effect

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Long-term effects that are set off as a result of a primary event. These include things like loss of habitat, permanent changes in the position of river channel caused by flood, crop failure caused by a volcanic eruption etc.

Geography Grade 9 (2 decks)

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