Concept of Hazard & Earthquake Hazards

Certain plant species which are capable of causing allergic reactions, poisoning, and stinging are classified as___.

• Biological Hazards

• Environmental Hazards

• Hydrometeorological Hazards

• Geological Hazards

Biological hazards may also be conveyed by biological vectors like:

• Mosquitoes

• Humans

• Saliva

• Blood

Which of the following has the potential to threaten the natural environment?

• Landslides

• Air Pollution

• Earthquakes

• Volcanic Eruptions

• All of these.

Some of the events that may be hazardous to the environment may not be directly causing the harm to the environment, but may result to a more serious environmental problem.

• TRUE

• FLASE

• NOT SURE

Tropical cyclones, thunderstorms, tornados, storm surges, floods and drought are examples of ______ hazards.

Plague of locusts which has descended on East Africa which resulted from a heavy rainfall near the Arabian Peninsula shows that a hydrometeorological hazard like heavy rainfall can cause a more serious problem or can be ____.

Technological hazards originate from which of the following?

• Technological conditions

• Dangerous Procedures

• Infrastructure Failures

• Specific Human Activities

• All of These.

This refers to the waves of energy caused by the sudden breaking of rock within the earth or an explosion.

• Tremors

• Earthquake

• Mechanical Waves

• Seismic Waves

Pushing of plates against each other until they slip happens in which stage of the occurrence of earthquake?

• 1st

• 2nd

• 3rd

Any given earthquake produced by slip along a fault can produce a number of hazards which includes:

• Fire

• Liquefaction

• Epidemic

• Tsunamis

• All of these.