Starter quiz
- The Tropic of ______ is 23.5 degrees north of the Equator.
- 'Cancer ' ✓
- Ocean temperatures in the tropics are generally ...
- warm ✓
- cold
- frozen
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- What is a tropical cyclone?
- A type of tornado
- A large storm system with heavy rain and strong winds ✓
- A calm weather pattern
- A dry, hot weather system
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- Tropical cyclones have different names depending on where they occur, match them below.
- US and Caribbean⇔hurricanes ✓
- South Asia⇔cyclones ✓
- East Asia⇔typhoons ✓
- Which factor increases a region's vulnerability to cyclones?
- Cold climate
- High altitude
- Poor infrastructure ✓
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- What is a key feature of natural disasters?
- Always predictable
- Limited to urban areas
- Significant impact on human life ✓
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Exit quiz
- Match the lesson's key words to their definitions.
- responses⇔efforts made to manage and mitigate effects of a tropical cyclone ✓
- infrastructure⇔basic physical systems and structures, such as roads and bridges ✓
- preparation⇔actions taken before an incoming tropical cyclone ✓
- Why do different countries respond differently to tropical cyclones?
- Government and planning⇔governments with disaster agencies can coordinate better responses ✓
- Experience and awareness⇔countries with a history of cyclones have experience and education ✓
- Economic resources⇔wealthier countries can afford better technology and infrastructure ✓
- Location and frequency⇔some countries experience more tropical cyclones and are more prepared ✓
- Japan mitigate the impact of typhoons through good ...
- monitoring and warning ✓
- education ✓
- engineering of buildings and defences ✓
- cooling sea temperatures
- monitoring seismic activity
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- Bangladesh mitigates the impact of cyclones through ...
- monitoring, warning and evacuation ✓
- education ✓
- deforestation
- creating defences ✓
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Key learning points
- The impacts of tropical cyclones depends on a country's ability to prepare and respond to them.
- Japan's methods of preparation and response as a highly developed country.
- Bangladesh's methods of preparation and response as a developing country.
Common misconception
All countries prepare and respond to tropical cyclones in the same way.
The level of development, amount of governmental planning as well as a country's location and experience of tropical cyclones, will affect how they prepare for and respond to them.
Keywords
Response - efforts made to manage and mitigate the effects of a tropical cyclone after it occurs
Infrastructure - basic physical systems and structures needed for the operation of a society, such as roads and bridges
Preparation - actions taken to ready an area or community for an incoming tropical cyclone
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