Achievement Standard 1.1 (AS91007) asks you to Demonstrate geographic understanding of environments that have been shaped by extreme natural event(s). Nature’s Fury has been written to help you learn about the three main extreme natural events – earthquakes, volcanoes and cyclones. You will find out why they happen, how they work and the impact they have on the world we live in.
Nature’s Fury provides relevant case studies of historical and recent volcanic eruptions, tropical storms and earthquakes, including the eruption of Mt Pinatubo, Hurricane Katrina, Cyclone Percy, and the Haiti and Christchurch earthquakes. Accessible and easy to read, the book has many supporting illustrations and photographs. There are a variety of activities and exercises throughout that will give you valuable practice so you will develop the confidence you need to do well in your assessment.
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CONTENTS
About Nature’s Fury
Introduction
What is geography?
Tools for studying geography
Features, patterns and processes
Extreme natural events
Looking ahead
1 Introducing volcanism
Characteristics of volcanic eruptions
Patterns on the Earth’s surface
Plate tectonic processes
Volcanism processes
The impact of volcanic eruptions on natural environments
Classifying volcanoes
The impact of volcanic eruptions on cultural environments
Responding to volcanic eruptions
2 The Tarawera eruption, 1886
The Rotorua Lakes District
The Taupo Volcanic Zone
Mt Tarawera
The 1886 Tarawera eruption
Responding to the Tarawera eruption
Looking forward – learning from the past
3 The Pinatubo eruption, 1991
The day Mt Pinatubo erupted
Characteristics of Pinatubo’s environments
The eruption
Responses to the Pinatubo eruption
4 Introducing tropical cyclones
What is a tropical cyclone?
The Earth’s atmosphere
Characteristics of tropical cyclones
Classifying tropical cyclones
Processes that produce tropical cyclones
Responding to tropical cyclones
Tropical Cyclone Percy and Hurricane Katrina
5 T ropical Cyclone Percy, 2005
Introducing Tropical Cyclone Percy
Characteristics of southwest Pacific environments
Tropical Cyclone Percy develops
After Percy
Preparing for Pacific hurricanes
6 Hurricane Katrina, 2005
The power of Katrina
Characteristics of southeastern USA environments
New Orleans: the city of swamps
Hurricane Katrina
Environmental impacts
Responding to hurricanes like Katrina
Recovery
Looking forward
7 Introducing earthquakes
The Sichuan earthquake, 2008
Characteristics of earthquakes
Processes that cause earthquakes
What triggers earthquakes?
The impact of earthquakes
Introducing the Haiti and Canterbury earthquakes, 2010–11
8 The Haiti earthquake, 2010
Introducing Haiti
Characteristics of Haiti’s environments
The 2010 earthquake
Living with extreme natural events
Responses to the Haiti earthquake
Rehabilitation
Looking forward
9 The Canterbury earthquakes, 2010–11
Introducing Canterbury
Characteristics of Canterbury’s environments
The Canterbury earthquakes
Impact on natural environments
Impact on cultural environments
Responding to the earthquakes
10 Topographical map skills
Distance, scale and bearings
Gridlines and grid references
Latitude and longitude
Collecting information
Drawing a topographical map cross-section
Drawing a précis map
Topographical map activity
The Newport region – a disaster simulation
Appendix A:
Geographic concepts, geographic skills
Appendix B:
Christchurch map
Appendix C:
Photocopiable resources (outline maps)
References and further reading
Glossary
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