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Chapter 1- Introduction Flashcards

1
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This aims to reduce the damage caused by natural hazards.

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Disaster Risk Reduction

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A serious disruption of the functioning of a community.

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Disaster by UNISDR

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A sudden and calamitous event that disrupts a community.

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Disaster by IRFC

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A dangerous phenomenon that may cause loss of life.

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Hazard by UNISDR

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True or False: An event is considered to be a natural event and not a hazard when the presence of people are absent.

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True

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6
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A condition which increase the susceptibility of a certain area in a locality to the impact of hazards.

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Vulnerability

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The probability of harmful consequences as a result of interactions between natural or human induced hazards and vulnerable or capable conditions.

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Risk

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Are naturally occurring physical phenomena caused by rapid or slow onset events.

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Natural Hazards

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Events that are caused by humans and occur in or close to human settlements.

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Technological Hazards or Man Made Hazards

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10
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Positive resources and abilities which are helpful in mitigating, preparing for, responding to and recovering from the hazard impact.

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Capacity

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Activities to provide outright avoidance of the adverse impact of hazards and means to minimize disaster.

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Prevention

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State in which individuals and groups of a community have an efficient and effective implementation of the plans for the purpose of saving lives and prevent further damage of property in an event of a disaster.

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Disaster Preparedness

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An act of preventing or minimizing adverse effects of disaster causing phenomena.

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Disaster Mitigation

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14
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Disaster came from the french word desastre which isa a combination of des meaning _______ and aster meaning ________.

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Bad and Star

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15
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UNISDR stands for?

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United Nations International Strategy on Disaster Reduction

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IRFC stands for?

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International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

17
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Examples of Natural Hazards?

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Biological, Geologic, Hydro Meteorological Hazard

18
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Refers to people and properties that are affected by hazards.

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Exposure

19
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The degree to which a certain community can be affected by hazard.

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Sensitivity

20
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2 types of seismic waves?

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Surface and Body Waves

21
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2 types of Surface Waves?

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Rayleigh and Love Waves

22
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2 types of body waves?

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P-wave and S-wave

23
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Is the study of earthquakes and seismic waves that move through and around the Earth.

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Seismology

24
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Seismology came from the Greek word “_________” which means earthquake.

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Seismos

25
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Are light shaking of ground that happen in the same site where a stronger earthquake follows.

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Foreshocks

26
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Follow after an earthquake

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Aftershock

27
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Fractures or discontinuity in the surface of the Earth

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Faults

28
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PHILVOLCS stands for?

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Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology

29
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Examples of Fault Lines.

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San Andreas Fault (in Southern California), New Madrid Fault (Central US), Caribbean Plate

30
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3 Classification of Earthquake.

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Tectonic, Plutonic, Volcanic

31
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Energy released by an earthquake

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Magnitude

32
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Refers to actual effects and damage made by an earthquake.

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Intensity

33
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Magnitude is measured using the ____________?

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Richter Scale

34
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Intensity is measured using the _____________?

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Mercalli Scale

35
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Signs of an impending earthquake?

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Animal Behavior, Change in Atmospheric Conditions, Electromagnetic Disturbance, Boom Sound

36
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Enumerate the Earthquake Related hazards. (8 hazards)

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Ground Shaking, Liquefaction, Surface Rupture, Tsunamis and Seiches, Sinkholes, Landslide and Rock Falls, Subsidence and Lateral Spreading, and Fire (GS-L-SR-TaS-S-LaRF-SaLS-F)

37
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A sudden rapid shaking of the Earth.

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Earthquake

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