CWTS - LESSON 3 Flashcards
According to the latest report of _________, the Philippines ranks 4th among countries hit by the highest number of disasters over the past 20 years.
UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)
According to the latest report of UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), the Philippines ranks ____ among countries hit by the highest number of disasters over the past 20 years.
4th
The country is also among the ______ with the highest absolute number of affected people (130 million).
TOP 10 COUNTRIES
Philippines, by virtue of location, climate, and
topography, is one of the most?
disaster prone countries in the world
The country comprises more than ____ islands, of which only about _______ are inhabited, leaving plenty of exposed coasts at the mercy of wind and rain.
7,107
2,000
The Philippines land area measures around?
299,764 kilometers
Philippines coastline is about ______, known to be one of the longest coastlines in the World ranking at the _____ spot!
36,000 kilometers
fourth
Each year, the Philippines gets an average of _______ crossing its area of responsibility due to the country’s?
20 typhoons
geographical and physical characteristics
Philippines is basically the world’s largest?
Archipelago
True or False: Philippines is located along the South Pacific Basin.
False (North)
What is the world’s most active typhoon belt?
North Pacific Basin
True or False: North Pacific Basin is where 80% of typhoons originated, an average of 20 to 30 typhoons per year.
False (75%)
True or False: Philippines is part of the Circum-Pacific seismic belt.
True
What are the two are responsible for creation of mountain ranges, islands, volcanoes, earthquakes and tsunamis?
Eurasian and Pacific Plates
True or False: The Philippines is in the Northern
Hemisphere, which is below the equator.
False (above)
What is the area near the equator where the winds trade meet?
Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ)
What is the reason why strong swirling of wind
happens?
Trade winds flow in opposite direction
As a result of this ______ ______, frequent
natural disasters in the atmosphere and ocean
take place.
swirling movement
True or False: Philippines is located along the Pacific Ring of Fire.
True
True or False: Situated at the Pacific Ring of Fire, the most inactive area for tropical cyclones because of the vast expanse of deep, warm ocean water.
False (active)
True or False” It is true that the Philippines is belong to the countries that have the highest absolute number of affected people?
True
It aims to enforce the people’s constitutional rights to life and property by acknowledging the root causes of susceptibility to disastrous events, fostering the country’s capacity for disaster risk reduction and management, and establishing the resilience of local communities to disasters that are brought about by man and nature alike.
R.A. 10121 or the Philippines Disaster Risk Reduction and Management act of 2010.
It is the national guide on how sustainable
development can be achieved through
inclusive growth while building the adaptive
capacities of communities.
Disaster Risk Reduction ad Management (DRRM)
It increasing the resilience of vulnerable
sectors.