Natural Hazards, Adaptation, and Mitigation (CO3 Reviewer)

Fill in the blank: Hazards are ___ .

• potentially damaging physical events, phenomena, or human activities that may cause injury, loss of life, damage to property, social and economic disruption, or environmental degradation.

• natural disasters that can always be predicted and prevented.

• events that only affect the environment and not humans or property.

• minor inconveniences that do not cause any significant harm.

What is a disaster? Fill in the blank: A disaster is a serious disruption of the functioning of a society, causing widespread human, material, or environmental losses which exceed the availability of the affected society to cope using only its own ________.

• resources

• vehicles

• celebrations

• holidays

Which of the following best describes a disaster?

• A minor inconvenience to a community

• A serious disruption causing widespread losses exceeding the ability of a society to cope using its own resources

• A planned event

• A routine emergency

Look at the image of the flooded area. Is this an example of a disaster?

• True

• False

According to OFDA, a disaster is defined as:

• a serious disruption causing widespread human, material, economic, or environmental losses which exceed the ability of the affected community to cope using its own resources.

• an event that only affects the environment with no impact on humans.

• a minor incident that can be managed by local authorities without external help.

• any planned event that requires emergency services.

Which of the following is a type of hazard?

• Hazard of Natural Origin

• Hazard of Technological Origin

• Hazard of Biological Origin

• Hazard of Chemical Origin

What are geologic hazards?

• Human-made disasters

• Natural earth processes or phenomena

• Weather changes

• Pollution

Fill in the blank: ________, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions are examples of geologic hazards.

• Tsunami

• Rainbow

• Photosynthesis

• Evaporation

Which of the following is NOT a geologic hazard?

• Earthquake

• Volcanic eruption

• Tsunami

• Air pollution

Which of the following is an example of a biological hazard of natural origin?

• Earthquake

• Plague

• Flood

• Landslide