Lesson Y9-U03-L05

Y9-U03-L05 Hurricane Impacts and Responses: A Case Study Quiz: KS3 Geography, Unit 15

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Lesson Y9-U03-L05, Hurricane Impacts and Responses: A Case Study: 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 Geography (National Curriculum), Unit 15: Year 9: Weather, Climate and a Changing Atmosphere, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. What category did Hurricane Maria reach in 2017?

    • Category 5.
    • Category 1.
    • Category 2.
    • Category 3.

  2. Wind destroying roofs during the storm is which type of impact?

    • A secondary impact, a knock-on effect that follows later.
    • An immediate response, carried out in the first hours.
    • A long-term response, carried out over many years.
    • A primary impact, caused directly by the storm.

  3. Is disease spreading after flooding a primary or a secondary impact?

    • Immediate, because it is treated in the first hours.
    • Secondary, because it is a knock-on effect that follows later.
    • Primary, because it happens directly during the storm.
    • Long-term, because it can last for months after the storm.

  4. Which of these is a secondary impact?

    • Wind rips roofs off homes during the storm.
    • Power lines are knocked down by the storm's winds.
    • Food prices rise weeks after crops rot in the fields.
    • Bridges are smashed by the floodwater as it rises.

  5. Which of these is an economic impact of a hurricane?

    • Coastal wetlands are damaged by the flooding.
    • Families lose loved ones in the storm.
    • People are moved into emergency shelters.
    • Businesses close for months, raising unemployment.

  6. Besides the storm itself, which two factors decide how much damage a hurricane causes?

    • The speed of the ship that reports the storm.
    • The place's wealth and its vulnerability.
    • The colour of the storm's satellite image.
    • The number of days the storm lasts at sea.

  7. Why might a wealthier place suffer less damage from the same storm?

    • It has more people, which spreads the damage out thinly.
    • It can afford stronger buildings, warnings and emergency services.
    • It has no buildings at all, so the storm cannot damage anything.
    • It always lies further from the Equator than poorer places do.

  8. About what share of Dominica's buildings were damaged by Maria?

    • About 65 percent.
    • About 90 percent.
    • About 9 percent.
    • About 45 percent.

  9. Puerto Rico's blackout lasted for up to how long?

    • Up to 11 months.
    • Up to 11 years.
    • Up to 11 days.
    • Up to 11 hours.

  10. The chart shows about 65 estimated deaths in Dominica and about 3,000 in Puerto Rico. Which interpretation is correct?

    • Puerto Rico's toll was lower because it had no storm surge at all.
    • Both islands had exactly the same death toll from the storm.
    • Puerto Rico's toll was far higher, partly because it has a much larger population.
    • Dominica's toll was far higher, because it lost more buildings.

  11. Which comparison uses the figures correctly?

    • Both islands had blackouts lasting less than one day.
    • Dominica had about 45 percent of buildings damaged, against about 90 percent in Puerto Rico.
    • Dominica had about 1,000 deaths, against about 65 in Puerto Rico.
    • Dominica had about 90 percent of buildings damaged, against about 45 percent in Puerto Rico.

  12. Which action is an immediate response to a hurricane?

    • Helicopters drop water and food to cut-off areas.
    • Building new flood defences over several years.
    • Designing stronger homes for the next decade.
    • Rebuilding a power grid to resist future storms.

  13. Which action is a long-term response to a hurricane?

    • Helicopters dropping water and food to survivors.
    • Building new flood defences over several years.
    • Opening emergency shelters for the first night.
    • Search teams rescuing trapped people from floodwater.

  14. Why is clearing roads after a storm classed as an immediate response?

    • It only matters for the economy, not for the people affected.
    • It is a primary impact because the wind caused the blockage.
    • It takes many years and changes the whole road network permanently.
    • It happens in the first hours and days so that rescue and aid can reach people.

  15. A student writes 'Puerto Rico was worse'. Which is the best improvement?

    • Puerto Rico was worse, while Dominica was not affected by the storm at all and kept all its homes intact.
    • Puerto Rico's blackout lasted up to 11 months, which shows its ageing power lines were especially vulnerable.
    • Puerto Rico was worse because it is bigger and has more of everything, such as roads, homes and people.
    • Puerto Rico was worse because the sun was shining there during the storm.

  16. Which judgement about the responses to Maria is best supported by the case study?

    • Long-term rebuilding of stronger homes and grids cuts future deaths and recovery time the most.
    • Only immediate rescue matters, so long-term plans are a waste of money.
    • Responses make no difference at all to the number of deaths or the damage, whatever was done afterwards.
    • Responses only matter if the storm is weaker than Category 3.

  17. Which pair of examples describes two social impacts of a hurricane?

    • Coastal erosion; changes to river sediment.
    • Power lines down; bridges smashed by floodwater.
    • Crops rot; food prices rise weeks later.
    • Deaths and injuries; homes destroyed and people displaced.

  18. Why does the same hazard turn into a bigger disaster in one place than another?

    • The Coriolis effect is stronger over poorer islands than over richer ones.
    • Places with larger populations always suffer the same damage per person.
    • The storm changes its category depending on which island it reaches.
    • Vulnerability: weaker housing, poorer services and slower help raise the damage.

  19. To what extent was vulnerability the main cause of the disaster?

    • Vulnerability was a major cause, since the same storm did very different damage where wealth and buildings differed.
    • Vulnerability only mattered for buildings, never for people's health or deaths, however poor or unprepared they were.
    • Vulnerability played no part, because the storm alone decided every outcome, whatever the place's wealth.
    • Vulnerability is only a factor in winter storms, not in hurricanes.

  20. Which is the most accurate evaluation of immediate versus long-term responses?

    • Immediate responses save lives now, while long-term responses cut future risk and recovery time, so both are needed.
    • Immediate responses are always worthless because they are only temporary and cost money.
    • Only immediate responses count, because long-term responses happen after the storm has ended.
    • Long-term responses are always worthless because the next storm will destroy everything anyway.

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