Vulnerability

A community with high level of vulnerability and high hazard has ___.

• high disaster risk

• medium disaster risk

• low disaster risk

• all the risk

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which of the following groups of people is more vulnerable to disasters?

• men, boys, old people 

• men, women, boys

• women, children, old people

• none

Which of the following factors does not help lessen the vulnerability of a community?

• preparedness of the community

• presence of Disaster Risk Reduction Management Team

• availability of health services and facilities in times of calamity

• provisions of housing on areas that have fault lines in the vicinity

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NGSS.HS-ETS1-1

1Which statement best describes vulnerability?

• Vulnerability can cause the loss of life or injury, property damage.

• Vulnerability is potentially damaging physical event, phenomenon, or human activity.

• Vulnerability can generate social and economic disruption or environmental degradation.

• Vulnerability is the susceptibility of an individual or a group of people on the impact of natural hazard.

It refers to a serious disruption of the functioning community and losses in human life, material, economic and environmental.

• disaster

• disaster risk

• hazard

• vulnerability

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It refers to the community’s ability to reduce vulnerability through prevention, mitigation, response, and recovery.

• Hazard

• disaster

• resiliency

• risk

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NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

Which group belongs to the most vulnerable?

• Professionals 

• indigenous people

• government officials

• small entrepreneurs

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NGSS.HS-LS2-7

What is the main reason why there has been an overall increase in the number of deaths related to natural hazards?

• Less people lived in less vulnerable areas

• Events are better documented today than in the past

• The magnitudes of natural hazard events are increasing

• Human population are increasing in areas that are vulnerable

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

What situation has the CAPACITY to bring damages to lives, properties and the environment?

• element risk

• hazard

• risk

• vulnerability

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

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1You currently live in a condominium. There is a super typhoon and the power went off due to damaged electric posts, but they have a generator, so the power supply is immediately restored. All of the following are the reasons why you are less vulnerable than other people living in city EXCEPT__________.

• human activities affect the intensity of the typhoon

• availability of services during times of natural disaster

• ability to anticipate, respond, and adapt to current situation

• presence of facilities that can be used to respond immediately when needed.

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