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Year 5 Geography · Bushfires and floods

Name: ______________________

Date: ____________

1. Which weather conditions make bushfires most likely?
- ☐ (a) Cool, wet and calm
- ☐ (b) Hot, dry and windy
- ☐ (c) Cold and snowy
- ☐ (d) Foggy and still
2. What is a floodplain?
- ☐ (a) A mountain top
- ☐ (b) Flat land beside a river that floods
- ☐ (c) A desert
- ☐ (d) A type of dam
3. Which is an example of mitigation?
- ☐ (a) Building a levee
- ☐ (b) Ignoring warnings
- ☐ (c) Building on a floodplain
- ☐ (d) Leaving gutters full of leaves
4. What is the highest fire danger rating in Australia?
- ☐ (a) High
- ☐ (b) Moderate
- ☐ (c) Extreme
- ☐ (d) Catastrophic
5. How have First Nations peoples used fire to care for Country?
- ☐ (a) Only to cook food
- ☐ (b) By using cool, patchy burns at the right time
- ☐ (c) By never using fire
- ☐ (d) By lighting large fires in summer
6. The amount of dry vegetation available to burn is called the fuel ____.
7. Which New South Wales town was severely flooded in 2022?
8. A community's ability to cope with and recover from a disaster is called ____.

Answer sheet

1. Hot, dry and windy — Heat, dryness and wind increase fire danger.
2. Flat land beside a river that floods — Floodplains are covered by water during floods.
3. Building a levee — Levees reduce flood damage.
4. Catastrophic — Catastrophic is the highest rating.
5. By using cool, patchy burns at the right time — Cultural burning uses cool, patchy fires timed carefully.
6. load — A high fuel load increases fire risk.
7. Lismore — Lismore experienced record flooding in 2022.
8. resilience — Resilience helps communities bounce back.