Geo Natural Disasters

Question 1

How many disaster categories?

Answer 1

3

Question 2

Name the disaster catergory relating to water

Answer 2

Hydrologic

Question 3

Name the disaster catergory relating to earth movement

Answer 3

Geological

Question 4

Name the disaster catergory relating to air

Answer 4

Atmospheric

Question 5

Name all the Geologic Disasters

Answer 5

Earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, landslides

Question 6

What catergory do earthquakes fall in?

Answer 6

Geologic

Question 7

What catergory do landslides fall in?

Answer 7

Geologic

Question 8

What catergory do volcanic eruptions fall in?

Answer 8

Geologic

Question 9

How many Geologic disasters are there?

Answer 9

4

Question 10

What catergory do tsunamis fall in?

Answer 10

Geologic

Question 11

How many atmospheric disasters

Answer 11

9

Question 12

Name the atmospheric disaster starting with t

Answer 12

Typhoons, tropical storms, tornadoes, (severe) thunderstorms

Question 13

Name the atmospheric disasters NOT starting with t

Answer 13

Hurricanes, blizzards, lightning, hail, and ice storms

Question 14

Why are coniferous trees soft

Answer 14

They grow fast so they don’t have time to harden (less density)

Question 15

What disaster category is hurricane

Answer 15

Atmospheric

Question 16

What disaster category is typhoons

Answer 16

Atmospheric

Question 17

What disaster category is tornadoes

Answer 17

Atmospheric

Question 18

What disaster category is tropical storms

Answer 18

Atmospheric

Question 19

What disaster category is severe thunderstorms

Answer 19

Atmospheric

Question 20

What disaster category are blizzards

Answer 20

Atmospheric

Question 21

What disaster category is lightning

Answer 21

Atmospheric

Question 22

What disaster category is hail

Answer 22

Atmospheric

Question 23

What disaster category is ice storms

Answer 23

Atmospheric

Question 24

How are atmospheric disasters caused

Answer 24

By weather and climate

Question 25

How are geologic disasters caused

Answer 25

Earth's processes especially those involving tectonic plate

Question 26

How are hydrologic disasters caused

Answer 26

Waters processes

Question 27

Name the hydrologic disasters

Answer 27

Flooding, erosion, drought, avalanche

Question 28

How many vegetation regions

Answer 28

7

Question 29

Which vegetation regions are mainly coniferous

Answer 29

West Coast Forest, Cordilleran, Boreal/Taiga

Question 30

Vegetation impact by precipitation?

Answer 30

Semi-desert to (grassland, parkland) forest, shrubs/cacti to both tree types (short grass, tall grass, long grass scattered trees)

Question 31

Vegetation impact by temperature?

Answer 31

Cold to warm, Tundra to (Taiga, boreal, mixed) deciduous forest, Grass/moss/shrub to just deciduous trees. Taiga/boreal - coniferous, mixed is mixed.

Question 32

What does COSEWIC stand for

Answer 32

the Committee On the Status of Endangered Wildlife In Canada

Question 33

Why do species go extinct

Answer 33

Loss/Destruction of Habitat, Climate Change, Hunting and illegal trafficking, Invasive Species Disease, Lack of Genetic Diversity

Question 34

Number of Endagerment Statuses?

Answer 34

5

Question 35

List the endangerment statuses in order

Answer 35

Special concern, threatened, endangered, extirpated, extinct

Question 36

What does special concern mean?

Answer 36

The species may become threatened or endangered by a combination of biological characteristics and environmental threats. 119 SC

Question 37

What does threatened mean?

Answer 37

Likely to become endangered if nothing is done to limit the factors threatening its existence. 127 T

Question 38

What does endangered mean?

Answer 38

A species is facing imminent extirpation of extinction if nothing is done. 223 EN

Question 39

What does extirpated mean?

Answer 39

The species no longer exists in the wild in Canada, but still survives in another part of the world. It may be possible to re-introduce it in Canada. 23 EX

Question 40

What does extinct mean?

Answer 40

The species no longer exists anywhere in the world. 905 EXT (last 500yrs)

Question 41

What is a Primary Effect

Answer 41

(Immediate) A result of the process itself. (water damage due to a flood, and collapse of buildings/trees), ground shaking, landslides)

Question 42

What is a secondary effect?

Answer 42

Little later or subsequent of a primary effect. Secondary effects include tsunamis, pollution, river re-route, power outage due to tree fallen on power line, and disease due to lack of medical facilities.

Question 43

What is a Tertiary effect

Answer 43

Long-term effects that are set off as a result of a primary event. These include things like loss of habitat, permanent changes in the position of river channel caused by flood, crop failure caused by a volcanic eruption etc.