Approximately ____ typhoons enter the Philippine area of responsibility yearly.

• 20

• 30

• 40

Philippine area of responsibility is an area which incorporates parts of the _____________, ____________, and the Philippine Archipelago.

• Pacific Ocean

• Arctic Ocean

• West Philippine Sea

• East Philippine Sea

According to a ______________ article, the Philippines is "the most exposed country in the world to ___________".

- Because we are next to the Pacific Ocean.

• 2013 Time Magazine

• 2012 Time Magazine

• tropical storms

• temperate storms

The deadliest overall tropical cyclone to affect the Philippines is believed to have been the ________ typhoon, which is estimated to have killed up to 20,000 people (September 1881).

• Haiphong

• Yolanda

• Ondoy

• Paeng

In modern meteorological records, the deadliest storm was typhoon

__________ which became the strongest land-falling tropical cyclone on record.

• Haiphong

• Yolanda

• Ondoy

• Paeng

Yolanda became the strongest ___________ tropical _________ on record (November 7–8, 2013).

• water-falling

• land-falling

• cyclone

• storm

The country is located in the Pacific Ring of Fire that is why we experience ________, _________ and ___________.

• earthquakes

• tsunamis

• volcanic eruptions

• waterfalls

What are the Top 6 Earthquakes in the Philippines?

1. 8.0 in Mindanao (1876)

2 - 6. ?????????

• 7.8 in Northern and Central Luzon (1990)

• 7.5 in Luzon (1645)

• 7.3 in Casiguran, Aurora (1968)

• 7.2 in Bohol (2013)

• 7.1 in Mindoro (1994)

PHIVOLCS

• Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology

• Philippine Institute of Volcano and Seismic

• Philippine Inside of Volcanology and Seismology

PHIVOLCS has recently revived its “Big One” warning to the public - a magnitude 7.2 earthquake could be unleashed by the West Valley Fault.

• True

• False