3.3 World: Sometimes too much

Water
Sometimes too much
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This lesson contains 17 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 1 video.

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Water
Sometimes too much

Slide 1 - Slide

Slide 2 - Video

Which areas have
too much water?

Slide 3 - Mind map

Learning goals for today:

- You know which areas have greater flood risks.
- You understand why the flood risk of many           areas is increasing.
- You can assess a number of measures to               reduce flood risks.

Slide 4 - Slide

Risky areas for flooding

1. River and coastal areas
2. Areas close to the foot of a mountain with a rocky surface
3. Areas with tropical storms
4. Areas with deforestation takes place, mainly upstream
5.  Cities
6.  Areas where there is lots of infiltration

Slide 5 - Slide

Slide 6 - Slide

Can the Netherlands flood?
How?

Slide 7 - Open question

Consequences
Floods are happening more frequently
Measures against floods
- Short term
- Long term

Slide 8 - Slide

Which area would have more chance of getting flooded?
A
Westfriesland
B
New Zealand
C
Cape Town
D
Bangladesh

Slide 9 - Quiz

Short-term measurements:

- Constructing dams, dykes and retention areas

- monitoring the weather in the entire river basin;

- educating and training citizens (for example, evacuation practice etc.);

- safeguarding drinking water and food after flooding.

Slide 10 - Slide

Long-term measurements:

- making room for the river

- reducing the enhanced greenhouse effect

- making a location policy

Slide 11 - Slide

What is a peak discharge
A
When ice is flowing through a river
B
In a short time, lots of water is flowing through a river
C
In a short time, not a lot of water is flowing through a river
D
When the river has dried up

Slide 12 - Quiz

Why are there more floods happening nowadays?
A
Because of the greenhouse effect
B
Because the dykes are breaking
C
Because people use too much water
D
Because it is raining more on Earth

Slide 13 - Quiz

Training civilians on how to react to a natural disaster is a...
A
Measure on long term
B
Measure on short term

Slide 14 - Quiz

Start with assignment 1 to 3
If you have questions, ask me or your neighbour.

Slide 15 - Slide

Learning goals for today:

- You know which areas have greater flood risks.
- You understand why the flood risk of many areas is increasing.
- You can assess a number of measures to reduce flood risks.

Slide 16 - Slide

Homework:
Do the rest of the assignments from paragraph 3.3

Slide 17 - Slide