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Year 7 Weather Hazards Revision
Year 7 Weather Hazards Revision
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If someone is guessing what the weather will be like in 10 years, would it be considered weather or climate?
Climate
Weather
2
Australia is in the Northern Hemisphere.
True
False
3
Choose the examples of atmospheric hazards:
Floods
Cyclones
Tornadoes
Earthquakes
4
What is Australia's climate like?
It's all a hot desert.
The same throughout the country.
Variation throughout the country.
When the west is cold, the east is hot.
5
When is a thunderstorm considered severe?
When there is flash flooding.
When there are hailstones more than 2cm.
When the news feels like it.
When there are hailstones less than 2cm.
6
What would the label be for the red circle?
Rain
Warm air rising
Eye
Cold air sinking
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Low pressure systems form when warm air rises rapidly.
False
True
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A violent, rotating column of air that connects the ground and a cloud is called a...
Tornado
Bushfire
Flood
Cyclone
9
When do we talk about cumulonimbus clouds?
With tornadoes
With cyclones
With thunderstorms
With bushfires
10
What is a supercell?
The wind tunnel of a tornado.
The most calm part of a thunderstorm.
The most dangerous part of a thunderstorm.
A cell with a cape on.
11
Is a flood an example of a natural DISASTER or natural HAZARD?
Natural hazard
Both disaster and hazard
Natural disaster
Neither disaster or hazard
12
Choose the examples of hydrological hazards:
Tsunami
Tornadoes
Floods
Earthquakes
13
Choose the examples of geological hazards:
Cyclones
Earthquakes
Floods
Volcanoes
14
Which of the following has the potential to cause loss of life?
Natural hazard
Natural disaster
15
What is the name for the lines on this map?
Weather lines
Measurement bars
Isobars
Contour lines
16
What is the name of the lines going ACROSS the globe? (The yellow box)
Latitude
Longitude
17
If isobars are close togther on a climate map, what does that mean?
Average winds
Strong winds
Gentle winds
No wind
18
For a storm to form, the air must be cool and dry.
True
False
19
The weight of the air pressing down on the earth’s surface is defined as:
Climate
Humidity
Atmospheric pressure
Precipitation
20
Which of the following hazards occur commonly in Australia?
Bushfires
Cyclones
Floods
Hurricanes
21
When reading a climate graph, how can you tell if a country is in the Southern Hemisphere?
Their winter (coldest months) will be in the middle of the year.
Their summer (hottest months) will be in the middle of the year.
Their winter (coldest months) will be at the end of the year.
22
Economic impacts of weather hazards include...
Destruction of property
Loss of income
Death of wildlife
Destruction of crops
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Social impacts of weather hazards include...
Death of wildlife
Destruction of environment
Destruction of schools
Loss of life
24
What is the name of the lines going DOWN the globe? (The yellow box)
Latitude
Longitude
