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Geography · Grade 7

Hazards, Resilience and Environmental Change

Why do some earthquakes, cyclones and droughts become disasters while others do not? Learners explain where geophysical and weather hazards occur and why, examine how a warming climate is changing some of them, and use the idea that risk depends on the hazard, exposure and vulnerability. Comparing the Indian state of Odisha's cyclones of 1999 and 2013 shows how warnings and preparation save lives, and learners finish by designing a resilience plan for a coastal town.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 105 minutes
  • Hazards and resilience check: 10 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer, highlight a text, pin a map, pick map regions, match pairs and type a number
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What learners will discover

  • Explain the causes and global distribution of earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis.
  • Explain how tropical cyclones, floods and droughts form, where they occur, and how climate change is affecting some hazards.
  • Use hazard, exposure and vulnerability to explain why similar hazards have very different impacts.
  • Evaluate strategies that reduce disaster risk and build resilience.

Lessons

  1. Earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunamis 7 steps4 practiceabout 26 min
  2. Storms, floods and droughts in a changing climate 7 steps5 practiceabout 26 min
  3. Why hazards become disasters 6 steps4 practiceabout 26 min
  4. Building resilience 5 steps2 practiceabout 25 min
  5. Hazards and resilience check 10 questions at the end

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Games to practice with

  • Globe ExplorerSpin a real 3D globe, flip to the flat map, and find continents, oceans and countries.
  • Pin the PlanetDrag the pin onto wonders, cities and exact latitude and longitude points.
  • Route PlannerFind the shortest way around town, dodge closed roads, and measure trips with a scale bar.

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