Australian wildfires

1. 1The Australian bushfires started in [blank_start]July[blank_end] [blank_start]2019[blank_end] in the east part of [blank_start]Gippsland[blank_end] Region. It had badly affected major cities such as M[blank_start]elbourne[blank_end] and S[blank_start]ydney[blank_end] but [blank_start]New[blank_end] [blank_start]South[blank_end] [blank_start]Wales[blank_end] was the worst affected.

   1. AJuly
   2. B2019
   3. CGippsland
   4. DNew
   5. ESouth
   6. FWales
   7. Gelbourne
   8. Hydney
2. 2Some of the causes were natural - it was during their annual [blank_start]fire[blank_end] season where the weather is mainly h[blank_start]ot[blank_end] and d[blank_start]ry[blank_end] which meant that there were low levels of [blank_start]rainfall[blank_end]. Furthermore, [blank_start]dry[blank_end] [blank_start]lightning[blank_end] can cause fire to spread for more than [blank_start]20[blank_end]km in [blank_start]5[blank_end] hours. There were also [blank_start]24[blank_end] people who were arrested in relation to the fires.

   1. Afire
   2. Brainfall
   3. Cdry
   4. Dlightning
   5. E20
   6. F5
   7. G24
   8. Hot
   9. Iry
3. 3The effects are devastating with more than [blank_start]1588[blank_end] homes destroyed, loss of t[blank_start]ourism[blank_end] and c[blank_start]rops[blank_end] leading to a fall in economic growth, more than [blank_start]7[blank_end] million hectares of land was burned across [blank_start]6[blank_end] states and [blank_start]28[blank_end] people died. There were also environmental impacts of the bushfires such as [blank_start]half[blank_end] a billion animals were affected, a [blank_start]third[blank_end] of koalas and their habitats were destroyed. Finally, pollution levels were measured to be [blank_start]11[blank_end] times the hazardous level.

   1. A1588
   2. B7
   3. C6
   4. D28
   5. Ehalf
   6. Fthird
   7. G11
   8. Hourism
   9. Irops
4. 4There were some great responses to the hazard. With [blank_start]2000[blank_end] firefighters sent to New South Wales, the Red Cross set up [blank_start]5[blank_end] evacuation centres, help from other countries such as the U[blank_start]SA[blank_end], C[blank_start]anada[blank_end] and [blank_start]New[blank_end] [blank_start]Zealand[blank_end], satellite phones were given to [blank_start]18[blank_end] communities, efforts to rebuild s[blank_start]chools[blank_end] and h[blank_start]ospitals[blank_end] as well as [blank_start]800[blank_end] food hampers were created. There were also clean up efforts made and search and rescue from the [blank_start]Navy[blank_end].

   1. A2000
   2. B5
   3. CNew
   4. DZealand
   5. E18
   6. F800
   7. GNavy
   8. HSA
   9. Ianada
   10. Jchools
   11. Kospitals
5. 5There are now new methods to prepare for future wildfires. This includes better [blank_start]warning[blank_end] systems put in place, stricter [blank_start]building[blank_end] codes, public [blank_start]awareness[blank_end] campaigns as well as t[blank_start]raining[blank_end] and e[blank_start]ducation[blank_end] on how to respond to this.

   1. Awarning
   2. Bbuilding
   3. Cawareness
   4. Draining
   5. Education
6. 6Mitigation techniques included the [blank_start]NOJA[blank_end] power to use more advanced technology ot predict such hazards, [blank_start]controlled[blank_end] burning used as well as further education on [blank_start]cultural[blank_end] burning.

   1. ANOJA
   2. Bcontrolled
   3. Ccultural
7. 7The University of [blank_start]Melbourne[blank_end] set up an Australian Bushfire Prevention programme where it works with [blank_start]crimestoppers[blank_end] to prevent outbreaks of wildfires as well creating more fire [blank_start]breakers[blank_end].

   1. AMelbourne
   2. Bcrimestoppers
   3. Cbreakers
8. 8Some adaptation methods taken into consideration is shifting [blank_start]holiday[blank_end] terms to [blank_start]cooler[blank_end] months and building homes away from dangerous areas.

   1. Aholiday
   2. Bcooler

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A level Geography (Hazards) Quiz on Australian wildfires, created by Yvonne Liu on 15/03/2021.

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