DRRR

Question 1

Occurs when masses of rock, soil, or debris move down a slope under the force of gravity

Answer 1

Landslide

Question 2

Includes a wife range or ground movement such as rockfalls, mud and debris flows, and surface failures
called slumps, earthflows, and translational slides

Answer 2

Landslide

Question 3

What are the causes of landslide?

Answer 3

Slope angle/ stability, water, type of material, shear stress, shear strength

Question 4

Types of landslides

Answer 4

Slides, slumps, rockfalls, earth flows, debris/ mud flows

Question 5

Who created the landslide classification?

Answer 5

Varnes (1978)

Question 6

Type of material

Answer 6

Rock, Earth, Soil, Mud and Debris

Question 7

Type of Movement

Answer 7

Fall, Topple, Slide, Spread, Flow

Question 8

Circular depressions which form through dissolution of underlying soluble rocks or collapse of a cave’s roof

Answer 8

Sinkholes

Question 9

An area of ground that has no natural external surface drainage; when it rains, all of the water stays inside the sinkhole and typically drains into the subsurface

Answer 9

Sinkhole

Question 10

Which rocks below the surface are sinkholes common in?

Answer 10

Limestone, carbonate rock, salt beds

Question 11

Has drainage systems with sinkholes and caves underground

Answer 11

Karst topography

Question 12

Is the ultimate cause of all sinkholes

Answer 12

Dissolution

Question 13

Two types of sinkholes

Answer 13

Cover- subsidence sinkholes, cover- collapse sinkholes

Question 14

GAR

Answer 14

Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction

Question 15

It is a comprehensive review and analysis of disaster risk and risk management. It is published every two years.

Answer 15

GAR

Question 16

Which are the two greatest contributors to disaster risk according to the Average Annual Loss (ALL) by hazard?

Answer 16

Cyclonic wind, storm surge

Question 17

IPCC

Answer 17

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Question 18

Which of the earth’s spheres are involved in an hydrometeorological event?

Answer 18

Hydrosphere and atmosphere (?)

Question 19

Types of hydrometeorological hazard

Answer 19

Typhoon, thunderstorm, Flood and flash floods, storm surge, El Nino and La Nina,

Question 20

Dealing with the properties, distribution, and circulation of water on and below the earth’s surface and in the atmosphere

Answer 20

Hydrology

Question 21

Deals with the atmosphere and it’s phenomena and with weather and weather forecasting

Answer 21

Meteorology

Question 22

Study of the atmospheric and terrestrial phases of the hydrological cycle with emphasis on the interrelationship between them

Answer 22

Hydrometeorology

Question 23

Deals with the transfer of water and energy between land and he power atmosphere

Answer 23

Hydrometeorology

Question 24

A rotating, organised system of clouds and thunderstorms that originates over the tropical waters

Answer 24

Typhoon

Question 25

In the northern hemisphere, the typhoon rotates in what orientation?

Answer 25

Counterclockwise

Question 26

In the southern hemisphere, the typhoon rotates in what orientation?

Answer 26

Clockwise

Question 27

Conditions for storms to be generated

Answer 27

Heat, Intertropical Convergence Zone, Low Pressure Area, Light wind,

Question 28

The main energy source of a typhoon

Answer 28

Heat from the sea

Question 29

Sea conditions for typhoon formation

Answer 29

80°F (26.67°C), 150 ft depth, high moisture content

Question 30

ITCZ

Answer 30

Intertropical Convergence Zone

Question 31

Which types of winds converge in the ITCZ?

Answer 31

Northeasterly and southeasterly trade winds

Question 32

Light wind speed that develops into a storm within 24-48 hrs

Answer 32

20 km/HR at distances of 20-50 thousand feet above sea level

Question 33

Reasons why typhoons die/ dissipate

Answer 33

Hits land, leaves warm-moist air, travel over cooler sea surface temperature

Question 34

Classification of tropical cyclones

Answer 34

Tropical depression, tropical storm, severe tropical storm, typhoon, super typhoon

Question 35

Speed of TD

Answer 35

61 kph

Question 36

Speed of TS

Answer 36

62-88 kph

Question 37

Speed of STS

Answer 37

89- 117 kph

Question 38

Speed of TY

Answer 38

118-220 kph

Question 39

Speed of STY

Answer 39

exceeding 220 kph

Question 40

What is a tropical cyclone called in the Northwest Pacific

Answer 40

Typhoon

Question 41

What is a tropical cyclone called in the Southwest Pacific and in the Indian Ocean

Answer 41

Cyclone

Question 42

What is a tropical cyclone called in the Eastern Pacific and in the Atlantic Ocean

Answer 42

Hurricane

Question 43

Southwest

Answer 43

Habagat

Question 44

Northeast

Answer 44

Amihan

Question 45

PSWS

Answer 45

Public Storm Warning System

Question 46

No damage to very light damage

Answer 46

PSWS #1

Question 47

Light to moderate damage

Answer 47

PSWS #2

Question 48

Moderate to heavy damage

Answer 48

PSWS #3

Question 49

Heavy to very heavy damage

Answer 49

PSWS #4

Question 50

Very heavy to widespread damage

Answer 50

PSWS #5

Question 51

Is based on the intensity, size if circulation and the forecast direction and speed of movement

Answer 51

Signal number

Question 52

Generally local storms produced by cumulonimbus clouds are always accompanied by lightning and thunder usually with strong wind gusts heavy rain and sometimes with hail or tornado

Answer 52

Thunderstorm

Question 53

The three main ingredients for thunderstorm formation

Answer 53

Moisture, instability, lift

Question 54

Ability for air to accelerate upward or downward and started up or down

Answer 54

Instability

Question 55

Stages or life cycle of a thunderstorm

Answer 55

Cumulus stage, mature stage, dissipating stage

Question 56

Thunderstorm levels

Answer 56

Advisory, watch, information

Question 57

Occurs when a normally dry piece of land is covered by large amounts of water

Answer 57

Floods

Question 58

Brought about by excessive rainfall when sea level rises

Answer 58

Floods

Question 59

Affects areas that are low lying where land meets the sea or another body of water

Answer 59

Floods

Question 60

Second most common natural disasters

Answer 60

Floods

Question 61

Looks mix with this and contaminate the source of potable water

Answer 61

Groundwater

Question 62

Floods mix with this which may carry bacteria that cause harm

Answer 62

Floodwater

Question 63

Occur without warning and can become dangerous in just a short period

Answer 63

Flash floods

Question 64

Flash floods are deadly because?

Answer 64

Destructive power and unpredictability

Question 65

Abnormal increase of water level in sea shores when a storm near coastal lines

Answer 65

Storm surge

Question 66

What causes storm surges?

Answer 66

Strong winds

Question 67

Normal tide + storm surge

Answer 67

Storm tide

Question 68

ENSO

Answer 68

El niño southern oscillation

Question 69

What type of climate phenomenon is ENSO?

Answer 69

Coupled

Question 70

A warming of the ocean surface or above average sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern tropical pacific ocean

Answer 70

El- nino

Question 71

A cooling of the ocean surface or the law average seed surface temperatures in the central and eastern tropical pacific ocean

Answer 71

La Nina

Question 72

An extended period of unusually drive other when there is not enough rain

Answer 72

Drought