midterm CCPE10

1. 1. These are natural risks and hazards except for

• a. Black out

• b. drought

• c. Flood

• d. sunrise

2. 2. these are natural risks and hazards

• a. earthquake

• b. hurricane

• c. both a and b are false

• d. both a and b are true

3. 3. household plan includes

• a. emergency exits from rooms

• b. meeting places

• c. both a and b are false

• d. both a and b are true

4. 4. is a natural or man-made (or technological) hazard resulting in an event of substantial

   extent causing significant physical damage or destruction, loss of life, or drastic change to the environment.

• a. disaster

• b. summer

• c. winter

• d. autumn

5. 5. A disaster can be extensively defined as any tragic event stemming from events such as earthquakes,

   floods, catastrophic accidents

• a. all three are examples of disaster

• b. only 2 are examples of disaster

• 3. c. only one is an example of disaster

• d. all three are not disasters

6. 6.A ____________ can cause damage to life and property

   and destroy the economic, social and cultural life of people

• a. atmosphere

• b. phenomenon

• c. clouds

• d. rainfall

7. 7. catastrophic events with atmospheric, geological, and hydrological origins (e.g.,

   droughts, earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, landslides) that can cause fatalities, property damage and social

   environmental disruption

• a. disaster

• b. man made disaster

• c. natural disaster

• d. NOTA

8. 8. a type of large storm system having a circular or spiral system of violent winds, typically

   hundreds of kilometers or miles in diameter.

• a. typhoon

• b. landslide

• c. volcanic eruption

• d. fire

9. 9. the name of these storms that occur in the Western Pacific

• a. cyclone

• b. hurricane

• c. typhoon

• d. NOTA

10. 10. the name given to

    these storms in the Atlantic Ocean and Eastern Pacific.

• a. cyclone

• b. hurricane

• c. typhoon

• d. NOTA