Those re-sitting Sustainable Decision Making Paper • Re-sit help will start Tuesday 22 nd November at 3:10pm, with Mr Clark in his room • This time the subject is rivers • All sessions will be after school • You will updated with more sessions on 22 nd November
This document is posted to help you gain knowledge. Please leave a comment to let me know what you think about it! Share it to your friends and learn new things together.
Transcript
Those re-sitting Sustainable Decision Making Paper
• Re-sit help will start Tuesday 22nd November at 3:10pm, with Mr Clark in his room
• This time the subject is rivers
• All sessions will be after school
• You will updated with more sessions on 22nd November
1. 80% of the Earth’s landmass are affected by me
2. I am made in an area called the ITCZ
3. My movement is determined by the Coriolis effect
4. I need a certain combination of conditions to create me
5. I have four different names6. I have been known to cause
billions of dollars of damage7. I am given names each time I
form8. Katrina is one of my names
that I was given in 2005
What am I?What am I?
• Learning Objective: To understand the distribution and formation of hurricanes
What are the 4 phrases used for tropical cyclones?
• Hurricanes (USA)
• Cyclones (India, parts of Asia, Africa)
• Typhoons (Japan, far east Asia)
• Willy Willies (Australia)
Use an atlas to describe where hurricanes mostly occur in the USA.
Use • State names• Compass directions• Ocean names• Land area
Independent EnquirerIndependent Enquirer
• Watch this short video about tropical storms.
• Write down any questions that you want answered during the lesson about hurricanes.
Did you come up with any of Did you come up with any of these??these??
• How do tropical storms form?• When do you get them?• Who names them?• Why don’t we get many hurricanes in the UK?• Why does the USA get loads of hurricanes?
On your world map:
1. Shade in the areas of sea over 27°C
2. Label on the names of hurricanes, cyclones, typhoons and willy-willies.
3. Draw the arrows on in red
Extension Question: why do hurricanes only occur during certain times of the year?
AnimationAnimation
• http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4588149.stm
• Watch closely and listen to the explanation of a hurricane
Have we answered our big Have we answered our big questions?questions?
• How do tropical storms form?• When do you get them?• Who names them?• Why don’t we get many hurricanes in the UK?• Why does the USA get loads of hurricanes?
What does a hurricane need?Choose the correct factors
Low pressure
Low pressure
Warm oceansWarm
oceansHigh
pressureHigh
pressure
Temps above 15°C
Temps above 15°C
Northerly winds
Northerly winds
Coriolis effect
Coriolis effect
Coreolis effect
Coreolis effect
Cool oceans
Cool oceans
Moist airMoist airHumidity over 75%Humidity over 75%
Humidity over 55%Humidity over 55%
Land to damageLand to damage
Why did Jane’s house fall down?
Learning ObjectiveTo understand how a severe tropical storm is
caused.
Learning ObjectiveTo understand how a severe hurricane can
affect people and the environment
Why is Kanye linked to this picture?
Ask some questions….Ask some questions….
Where
When
What How
Who
Why
• The picture was taken in the USA
• What do you think has happened here? Discuss your ideas.
• Formed: August 23, 2005• Dissipated: August 30, 2005• Highest
winds: 280 km/h • Lowest pressure: 902 mb• Fatalities1,836 total• Damage$81.2 billion (Costliest Atlantic hurricane in
history)• Areas
affected: Bahamas, South Florida, Cuba, Louisiana (especially Greater New Orleans), Mississippi, Alabama, Florida Panhandle, most of eastern North America
• Because of the large loss of life and property along the Gulf Coast, the name Katrina was officially retired on April 6, 2006 by the World Meteorological Organization at the request of the U.S. government. It was replaced by Katia on List III of the Atlantic hurricane naming lists, which will next be used in the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season
Katrina became a category Katrina became a category 5 hurricane off the coast of 5 hurricane off the coast of Mississippi – 175 mph Mississippi – 175 mph winds!winds!
Downtown New Orleans at the height of the storm on 29 August
The eye of the hurricane passed to the east of the city
Helicopters begin to airlift some of the stranded to safety
But with no means of evacuation, conditions continue to deteriorate for most of those still trapped in the city
23,000 people take refuge in the New Orleans Superbowl without running water and adequate sanitation. Reports
likened conditions to ‘a Third World refugee camp’
People remain very fearful
Six days after the storm, the city is almost empty
The waters are slowly receding…
And the grim task of searching
buildings must begin.
MEDC or LEDC? Who can cope the best?
Who might have said this?
You see a black family, it says, 'They're
looting.' You see a white family, it says,
They're looking for food.'
Who might have said this?
‘I hate the way they portray us in the media. You see a black family, it says, 'They're looting.' You see a white family, it says, 'They're looking for food.' And, you know, it's been five days [waiting for federal help] because most of the people are black.’