InTeGrate Modules and Courses >Coastal Processes, Hazards and Society > Student Materials > Assessments > University Park: Blended > Questions
InTeGrate's Earth-focused Modules and Courses for the Undergraduate Classroom
showLearn More
hideHide
These materials are part of a collection of classroom-tested modules and courses developed by InTeGrate. The materials engage students in understanding the earth system as it intertwines with key societal issues. The collection is freely available and ready to be adapted by undergraduate educators across a range of courses including: general education or majors courses in Earth-focused disciplines such as geoscience or environmental science, social science, engineering, and other sciences, as well as courses for interdisciplinary programs.
Explore the Collection »
show Download
hideHide
The student materials are available for offline viewing below. Downloadable versions of the instructor materials are available from this location on the instructor materials pages. Learn more about using the different versions of InTeGrate materials »

Download a PDF of all web pages for the student materials

Download a zip file that includes all the web pages and downloadable files from the student materials

For the Instructor

These student materials complement the Coastal Processes, Hazards and Society Instructor Materials. If you would like your students to have access to the student materials, we suggest you either point them at the Student Version which omits the framing pages with information designed for faculty (and this box). Or you can download these pages in several formats that you can include in your course website or local Learning Managment System. Learn more about using, modifying, and sharing InTeGrate teaching materials.
Initial Publication Date: December 7, 2016

Questions

Exposure:

  1. Which county shows evidence of a "hilly" coastal landscape (a large elevation change from the coast to the urban center) that might reduce the exposure of its residents to hurricane storm surge?
  2. Which county has both a high frequency of storms and a high percentage of intense storms?
  3. Based on the 2010 population for the county as a whole, which county has the largest number of people in the hazard zone?
  4. Which county is the lowest in elevation, has had no strikes by major hurricanes (category >= 3) since 1900, and has the smallest 2010 population?

Sensitivity:

  1. Which county has the highest percentage of Hispanic residents?
  2. Which county has the highest percentage of elderly residents?
  3. Which county has the highest poverty rate?
  4. Across all five measures for which you gathered data, is any one county clearly more sensitive than the others?

Adaptive Capacity:

  1. Which county has the lowest percentage of people who have high school or higher degrees?
  2. Which county has the highest percentage of households that own vehicles?
  3. Which county has the highest median household incomes?
  4. Based on these statistics, which one of the three counties has the highest adaptive capacities to hurricane hazards?
  5. Imagine that you are an NGO that is looking to invest in a community to help it improve its adaptive capacity for hurricanes. Based on the measures used in this activity, which of these three counties is most in need of your investment?

Overall Vulnerability:

  1. Which county has the second lowest adaptive capacity of the three and is also highly exposed to hurricanes?
  2. Which of the following is a reason why residents of St. Johns county may be more vulnerable to hurricanes than residents of the other two counties? Choose one of the following answers.
    • A. They tend to be wealthier than residents of the other counties (higher median income).
    • B. They experience more strong hurricanes than the other counties.
    • C. They have a higher percentage of elderly persons than the other counties.
    • D. They have a higher percentage of minority populations than the other counties.
  3. Many studies have pointed out that hurricane frequency is an important determent of a person's hurricane preparedness behavior. Based on the statistics, in which one of the three counties might people have the least hurricane preparedness?
  4. When people need to evacuate for hurricanes, families with more children and more elderly individuals generally have difficulty evacuating because the young and the very old rely on adults to help them. Based on the statistics, in which one of the three counties might families have the most difficulty evacuating?

These materials are part of a collection of classroom-tested modules and courses developed by InTeGrate. The materials engage students in understanding the earth system as it intertwines with key societal issues. The collection is freely available and ready to be adapted by undergraduate educators across a range of courses including: general education or majors courses in Earth-focused disciplines such as geoscience or environmental science, social science, engineering, and other sciences, as well as courses for interdisciplinary programs.
Explore the Collection »