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WorksheetsBasic Concept of Hazard and Disaster
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 7mins
______________is a sudden calamitous event that seriously disrupts the functioning of a community or society and causes human, material, and economic or environmental losses that exceed the community's ability to cope using its own resources.
Disaster
Hazard
Disaster Risk
____________________ = X(Hazard+Exposure+Vulnerability)
Disaster
Hazard
Disaster Risk
__________________ is the potential of losing something of values such as physical health, social status, emotional well-being and financial wealth.
Disaster
Hazard
Disaster Risk
______________ are the potentials for damage to man and his environment that may result from the occurrence of natural events.
Disasters
Hazards
Disaster risks
_____________ are the people, properties, economic activities, and private/public services potentially threatened by a harmful event.
Elements at Risk
Risk Assessment
Physical Exposure
_________________ involves the identification and mapping of the elements at risk and the assessment of the vulnerabilty.
Elements at Risk
Risk Assessment
Physical Exposure
Choose the three factors of vulnerability.
Social
Educational
Economic
Environmental
Astronomical
Choose all the impacts of disaster.
Disruption of transportation.
Medical Effects.
Social and political Impact.
Economic impact.
Damage to critical Facilities.
Give one characteristic of a disaster.
Choose all the impacts of disaster.
Disruption of transportation.
Medical Effects.
Social and political Impact.
Economic impact.
Damage to critical Facilities.
