homework questions- task one

Task One

1. A storm in Australia affects people by trees falling down onto roofs or roofs being blown off homes. When this happens it causes damage to the persons house and then they have to find somewhere else to live. Storms can kill someone (if they are struck by lighting). Hail Storms will damage peoples cars and can injure people.

2. A storm occurs in extremely moist air. Water droplets and ice crystals swirl around inside giant storm clouds. Storms can cause bolts of lightning to jump from a cloud to the ground.

3. Storms can wreck our environment when strong winds make the trees fall down.
It can also destroy animal homes like trees, which are homes to Koala’s and Birds. The lightning can strike our electricity lines and can cause a fire. Too much rain can cause dams, rivers and lakes to overflow and can flood a large area of land.

4. If there was a really bad storm the government would send out helicopters for search and rescue. Families gather together if family members are lost. They get government support to rebuild houses that have been damaged.

5. On April 14, 1999, the residents of Sydney, NSW were in a huge hailstorm. The storm that continued for the next two weeks (finishing on 28 April) brought damage to electricity lines, roofs, walls and windows. It flooded homes and wrecked the living conditions of 20 000 families. The overall damage to public buildings was around $45 million, also 60 marine craft were damaged. The people of Sydney reacted quickly to this natural disaster. There were many volunteers , although in April 2000, the media reported that over 100 houses were still waiting for roof repairs.

storms justification

Storms can strike anytime, anywhere. They are a threat to Australia because continuous storms can lead to floods and black outs. Houses and property can be damaged, trees can fall down blocking doors and roads and people can be trapped. This is why we have chosen storms

Our 14 items

Describe what you did:


What our group did was we all picked our items that we needed. Then we choose the good items that we good use to live after a storm that had happened.


15 items:

1. Torch
2. First aid kit
3. Can food
4. Tarpaulins
5. Blankets
6. Portable radio
7. Water
8. Clothes
9. Mobile phone
10.watch
11.toilet paper
12.candles
13.matches
14.gumboots


10 items justification.
Torch: you need a torch to see where you are going at night. So you don’t fall.

First aid kit: you need a first aid kit just in case you fall and hurt or get a cut you have whatever is in the first aid kit.

Can food: you need can food because all your food that is in the fridge wont be nice to eat but can food would be good to eat.

Tarpaulins: you need tarpaulins just in case it rains to hard or lightning shrikes your house you can out a tarpaulins.

Blankets: you need a blanket because when is cold you can be warm. You can also get cold if you don’t have a blanket.

Portable radio: you need a portable radio to see what the weather will be like the next day. You will also need the radio to see how long the storm will last.

Water: you need water because you need to have fresh water. You also you need water so you don’t die.

Clothes: you need clothes because your clothes mite be wet from the rain. You also need clothes because you will wont to be fresh.

Mobile phone: you need mobile phone to call someone to help you. You also need a mobile phone to what the time is.

Gum boots: you need gum boots to fight the water. You need gums boots because your things your joggers they can get wet so easily but gum boots.