Part 1: Natural or Caused By Human Activity Disasters Part 1: Natural or Caused By Human Activity

Identify disasters as events associated with large-scale structural damage and/or loss of life. Introduction video

Natural and Human Caused Disasters Natural Disaster Events beyond human cause or control. Human Caused Disaster Events that occur because of human activity or negligence.

Natural and Human Caused Disasters Caused by People Floods Fires Droughts Cyclones Dust Storms Tornadoes Plague Earthquake Famine Epidemic Violent storms Volcanoes Landslide Avalanches Tsunami Floods Fires Explosions Shipwrecks Plane Crash Train Wrecks Avalanche Famine Plague Epidemic Radioactive accident Oil Spill Ozone layer depletion Landslide Greenhouse Effect War

identify a range of natural disasters, with the aid of specific Australian examples identify a range of disasters associated with human activity using specific Australian examples identify specific Australian examples where nature and human activity have combined to produce disasters such as dust storms, shipwrecks, landslides and accidents

Earthhquakes IN AUSTRALIA: Sudden and violent movement of the Earth’s surface. Caused by movements of the Earth’s Tectonic Plates. Seismometers are used to detect small shock waves before earthquakes hit. IN AUSTRALIA: Newcastle Earthquake December 1989 13 Deaths, 163 injured Building code modified to increase earthquake resistance

Spotlight Textbook Pg 220-228 Summarise each of the disasters listed in the book with an Australian Example where possible. Answer “To Think About” Questions once done