Name this place
What is the landform region we live in called?
Great Lakes & St Lawrence Lowlands
Outer core
What happens to a hurricane name when the storm causes large destruction to human life and infrastructure?
As the tsunami crossed the Pacific Ocean, a 5-foot (1.5 m) high wave killed more than 110,000 nesting seabirds at the Midway Atoll Nat’l Wildlife Refuge. What lens does this impact represent?
What spooky thriller was written in the summer of 1816 after a horrific natural disaster?
Frankenstein
B.C
What causes the tectonic plates to move around the earth? And what part of the earth are they found in?
Convection currents in the mantle
Flood, Wildfire, Drought
The cost to rebuild Japanese infrastructure was estimated between $200 bn- 300 billion
Economic
Churchill and lock your car doors
What landform region formed in Canada during Pangaea when the North American plate collided with the African and Eurasian plates?
Appalachians
Ecological Footprint (EF)
What region is most prone to drought?
Africa
Radiation from Fukushima Power Plant in Japan leaked into human water and food. What lens?
Social
What natural disaster kills more people than any other?
Floods
What city was the epicentre of the 2011 earthquake in Japan?
Sendai
What 2 ways that start with an "S" do Japanese citizens prepare for earthquakes and tsunamis?
Sirens and seawalls
What two things do tsunamis do as they approach the shore?
Slow down and become higher
The closing of nuclear reactors reduced generation of energy thus the leaders of Japan had to import oil from other countries.
Political
You have a pretty good chance of surviving an avalanche as long as search teams find you within how many minutes?
30 minutes
What was the name of the mountain and the country that had the biggest volcanic eruption in human history?
Mount Tambora in Indonesia
What is a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock. They allow the blocks to move relative to each other. This movement may occur rapidly, in the form of an earthquake - or may occur slowly, in the form of creep. They may range in length from a few millimeters to thousands of kilometers.
A fault
What names do you give a storm that develops over tropical waters in the Atlantic Ocean basin, Indian Ocean basin and Pacific Ocean basin
Hurricane, Cyclone, Typhoon
Debris from the Japanese tsunami impacted all 4 lenses. Name 4 pieces of debris that landed in Canada and the U.S.
A football, a rowing boat, a fishing boat, a village sign and a motorcycle.
What rare weather phenomenon hit BC this week?
A "bomb cyclone". AKA: bombogenesis, a fast-developing storm that occurs when atmospheric pressure drops suddenly