DRR

Question 1

-sudden calamitous event; brings damage, loss, destruction/devastation to life; is sudden/ progressive
-exceeds the ability of the affected area to cope with their resources

Answer 1

Disaster

Question 2

-the probability of a community’s structure to be damaged by a disaster

Answer 2

Disaster risk

Question 3

state of the elements at risk

Answer 3

Exposure

Question 4

7 Elements Exposed to Hazards:

Answer 4

1.Humans
2.Dwellings
3.Structures
4.Public facilities
5.Public transport system
6.Agricultural Commodities
7.Environmental assets

Question 5

-characteristics/ circumstances of a community susceptible to hazards

Answer 5

Vulnerability

Question 6

from forces of nature type of disaster

Answer 6

Natural Disaster

Question 7

from human actions of disaster

Answer 7

Human made disaster

Question 8

4 factors of vulnerability

Answer 8

1.Demographic
2.Socio-economic
3.Environmental
4.Physical

Question 9

sudden movement of ground; release of elastic energy stored in rocks

Answer 9

Earthquake

Question 10

where the faulting begins; hypocenter

Answer 10

Focus

Question 11

above the focus

Answer 11

Epicenter

Question 12

-zone of fracture between blocks or rock

Answer 12

Fault

Question 13

where tectonic plates meet; boundaries that generate large earthquake and tsunamis

Answer 13

Subduction Zone

Question 14

-response of material to the arrival of energy released by rapture

Answer 14

Seismic Waves

Question 14

energy released; measured by a seismograph

Answer 14

Magnitude

Question 15

strength of the earthquake felt by people in the area

Answer 15

Intensity

Question 16

records seismic waves/seismogram

Answer 16

Seismograph

Question 17

mountains that have the capacity to erupt any time

Answer 17

Volcanoes

Question 18

Chain of Volcanoes

Answer 18

Arc

Question 19

5 Factors of Disaster Risk

Answer 19

1.Severity of Exposure
2.Gender & Family
3.Age
4.Developing Countries
5.Low Social Support

Question 20

4 Effects on Human Life

Answer 20

1.Displacement of population
2.Health risk
3.Food scarcity
4.Emotional aftershocks

Question 21

6 Disaster from Different Perspectives

Answer 21

1.Physical
2.Psychological
3.Socio-cultural
4.Economic
5.Political
6.Environment

Question 22

4 psychological disaster from different perspectives

Answer 22

1.Emotional effects
2,Cognitive effects
3.Physical effects
4.interpersonal effects

Question 23

vibration of ground
-triggers liquefaction and landslide (Primary Earthquake Hazard)

Answer 23

Ground Shaking

Question 24

wide range of ground movements -triggers rock falls (Primary Earthquake Hazard)

Answer 24

Landslide

Question 25

ground becomes soft; occurs when soil and groundwater mix (Primary Earthquake Hazards)

Answer 25

Liquefaction

Question 26

esults when fault rapture extends to surface ( Primary Earthquake Hazards)

Answer 26

Surface Rupture

Question 27

Apart of body waves. fastest; travel through all states of matter -material movement in same direction as wave movement

Answer 27

Primary Body Waves

Question 28

Apart of Body waves. slower; only travels through solids -shear waves; material movement perpendicular to wave movement

Answer 28

Secondary Body Waves

Question 29

(Secondary Earthquake Hazards.) -originates under the ocean; can either be: locally-generated -from nearby trenches far-field -from sources far from the impact

Answer 29

Tsunami

Question 30

wave in an enclosed body of water ( Secondary Earthquake Hazard)

Answer 30

Seiche

Question 31

-water that remains from a tsunami ( Secondary Earthquake Hazard)

Answer 31

Flooding / Flood

Question 32

It can be defined as a hazardous area where ____ will start or where smokes or gasses can be generated, or where an explosion can occur endangering the lives of people. ( Secondary Earthquake Hazard)

Answer 32

Fire

Question 33

defined as “the characteristics and circumstances of a community, system or asset that make it susceptible to the damaging effects of a hazard.”

Answer 33

Vulnerability liwat :)))

Question 34

moves in longitudinal and transverse motion ( Surface waves )

Answer 34

Rayleigh Waves

Question 35

slower; only travels through solids -shear waves; material movement perpendicular to wave movement

Answer 35

Secondary