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Today’s weatherBureau of meteorologyhttp://www.bom.gov.au/lam/ Find out all about meteorology. Textbook page/s: 18 |
Measuring natural disastersWikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercalli_scale Find out more about the Mercalli scale. Textbook page/s: 31 |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujita_scale Find out more about the Fujita scale. Textbook page/s: 31 |
An Australian earthquakeNewcastle City Councilhttp://www.ncc.nsw.gov.au/discover_newcastle/local_history/newcastle_earthquake More facts about the Newcastle earthquake. Textbook page/s: 39 |
How many planets?The Registerhttp://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/24/pluto_demoted/ Find out how Pluto became classed as a dwarf planet. Textbook page/s: 43 |
The Space Shuttle transport systemNASAhttp://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/vehicle/index.html Everything you want to know about space shuttles. Textbook page/s: 45 |
The North Ossetia Avalanchehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2273961.stm Textbook page/s: 31 |
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http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/5/173/2005/nhess-5-173-2005.pdf |
BushfireThe Canberra Bushfirehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Canberra_bushfires Textbook page/s: 31 |
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http://pandora.nla.gov.au/col/c8075 |
CycloneCyclone Larryhttp://www.bom.gov.au/weather/cyclone/about/tc-checklist.shtml Textbook page/s: 31 |
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http://www.disaster.qld.gov.au/disasters/cyc_history.asp |
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200603/s1597062.htm |
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http://www.thepremier.qld.gov.au/initiatives/cyclone_larry/index.aspx |
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http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/qld/cyclone/tc_larry/ |
EarthquakeThe Pakistan Earthquakehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Kashmir_earthquake Textbook page/s: 31 |
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http://www.ga.gov.au/urban/factsheets/20010919_15.jsp |
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http://www.thepakistanquake.com/index.html |
FloodThe Ethiopian Floodhttp://allafrica.com/stories/200608141184.html Textbook page/s: 31 |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/5267794.stm |
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http://www.ethiomedia.com/carepress/dire_dawa_floods.html |
HurricaneHurricane Katrinahttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/americas/2005/hurricane_katrina/default.stm Textbook page/s: 31 |
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http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2005/katrina/ |
LandslideThe Philippines Landslidehttp://www.guardian.co.uk/naturaldisasters/story/0,,1711999,00.html Textbook page/s: 31 |
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http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/OCHA-6M6M4P?OpenDocument |
TornadoCentral USA Tornadoeshttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3000795.stm Textbook page/s: 31 |
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http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/edu/safety/tornadoguide.html |
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,85952,00.html |
TsunamiThe Asian Tsunamihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake Textbook page/s: 31 |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/world/2004/asia_quake_disaster/default.stm |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake |
Volcanic EruptionMount Merapi Volcanic Eruptionhttp://abcnews.go.com/search?searchtext=%22Mount%20Merapi%22 Textbook page/s: 31 |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5058018.stm |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Merapi,_Central_Java |
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http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/?img_id=13538 |
Bureau of Meteorologyhttp://www.bom.gov.au/ Find out more about Australia's climate. Textbook page/s: 9 |
Rainfall in AustraliaAustralian Telescope National Facility, CSIROhttp://www.atnf.csiro.au/ Find a daily rainfall map. Textbook page/s: 11 |
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Bureau of Meteorology http://www.bom.gov.au/ Textbook page/s: 11 |
Clouds in AustraliaBureau of Meteorologyhttp://www.bom.gov.au/info/clouds/ Find out more about clouds. Textbook page/s: 13 |
Temperatureshttp://www.bom.gov.au/See the latest Marble Bar temperatures. Textbook page/s: 15 |
Wind in Australiahttp://www.bom.gov.au/lam/Find out more about air pressure systems. Textbook page/s: 17 |
ThunderstormsBureau of Meteorologyhttp://www.bom.gov.au/climate/environ/storms.shtml Find out more about severe storms. Textbook page/s: 19 |
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Australian Severe Weather http://australiasevereweather.com/ |
CyclonesBureau of Meteorologyhttp://www.bom.gov.au/climate/environ/cyclones.shtml Find out about tropical cyclones. Textbook page/s: 21 |
Droughtshttp://www.bom.gov.au/climate/environ/drought.shtmlFind out about droughts. Textbook page/s: 23 |
Floodshttp://www.bom.gov.au/climate/environ/flood.shtmlFind out more about floods. Textbook page/s: 25 |
Predicting the weatherhttp://www.bom.gov.au/Find out more about the Bureau of Meteorology. Textbook page/s: 27 |
Climate changeClimate Action Network Australiahttp://www.cana.net.au Find out about the Climate Action Network Australia. Textbook page/s: 29 |
Rock Galleryhttp://www.gly.uga.edu/railsback/BS-Main.html Images of rocks and the buildings made from them. Textbook page/s: 16 |
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Virtual Cave http://www.goodearthgraphics.com/virtcave/ Explore caves of all kinds … without going underground! Textbook page/s: 16 |
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U.S. Geological Survey http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/ask-a-geologist/ Ask real-life geologists questions. Textbook page/s: 17 |
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Bureau of Meteorology http://www.bom.gov.au/watl/ More information about collecting information about weather and making predictions. Textbook page/s: 25 |
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ABC news http://www.abc.net.au/news/australia/weather/ Find out about the weather in different parts of Australia. Textbook page/s: 27 |
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Volcano World http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/ Find out more about volcanoes. Textbook page/s: 35 |
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Google Earth http://earth.google.com/ View Earth from space. Textbook page/s: 43 |
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Virtual Solar System http://www.solarsystem.org.uk Add your own planet to the solar system! Textbook page/s: 44 |
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NASA http://www.nasa.gov/missions/index.html Find out about recent space exploration and view a range of video clips and images of the solar system. Textbook page/s: 45 |
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NASA http://www.nasa.gov/missions/highlights/index.html Find out about current space exploration. Textbook page/s: 46 |
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CSIRO http://www.parkes.atnf.csiro.au/ Find out more about the Parkes radio telescope. Textbook page/s: 46 |