Research using FUSE/ internet sites to help you answer these questions in your book.
** Don't write out the question. Just respond and copy the source you used in comments below.
A few sites you may find interesting are:
https://fuse.education.vic.gov.au/pages/Results.aspx?s=bush+fires
http://www.bom.gov.au/weather-services/bushfire/about-bushfire-weather.shtml
A few sites you may find interesting are:
https://fuse.education.vic.gov.au/pages/Results.aspx?s=bush+fires
http://www.bom.gov.au/weather-services/bushfire/about-bushfire-weather.shtml
1. What is unusual about the timing of the recent NSW bushfires?
2. What month did the fires in NSW start?
3. What other Australian states have had devastating bushfires in
the past? Locate using Google Maps.
4. What are the peak months for bushfire danger in Australia?
5. Why do big bushfires usually occur later in summer? Give some
reasons.
6. List the three factors that contribute to early bushfires.
7. Bushfire risk decreases when one of these factors is removed.
True or false?
8. Describe how dry winters and early summers affect bushfires.
9. Think of three adjectives to describe the bushfires in NSW.
10. What
do you understand more clearly since watching the BtN story about bushfires?