Disaster

Question 1

Define Disaster

Answer 1

Disasters is a serious disruption of the functioning of a community or society
causing widespread human, material, economic, or environmental losses and
impacts, which exceed the ability of the affected community to cope using its own
resources.

Question 2

Define Disaster Risk

Answer 2

Disaster risk is the probability of harmful consequences or expected losses
(deaths, injuries, livelihoods, assets, services) resulting from the interactions
between natural or human-induced hazards and vulnerable conditions.

Question 3

Define Vulnerability

Answer 3

Vulnerability is a condition determined by physical, social, economic, and
environmental factors or processes which increase the susceptibility of a
community to the impact of hazards.

Question 4

Capacity

Answer 4

Capacity is the combination of a community’s strengths, characteristics, and
resources that can be utilized to achieve certain goals.

Question 5

Enumerate the disasters that are made on Earth.

Answer 5

○ Earthquakes
○ Typhoons
○ Volcanic Eruptions

Question 6

Explain the reason why the Philippines are the one that always causes volcanic
eruptions inside the country.

Answer 6

The Philippines is located in the western ring of the Pacific Ocean, or mostly
known as “The Pacific Ring of Fire”, where many have active faults, trenches,
and volcanoes.

Question 7

Explain why the Philippines can still experience typhoons.

Answer 7

The Philippines is located in the Pacific and close to the equator, which is very
vulnerable to typhoons that are made by the surrounding bodies of water.