General Knowledge Flashcards
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An active volcano Mauna Loa is located in?
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Hawaii, USA
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A disease that becomes unusually widespread and even global in its reach is referred to as?
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Pandemic
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A volcano known for its most destructive volcanic eruption in recorded history
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Krakatoa
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Bhopal Gas Disaster is a type of?
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Manmade Disaster
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Belt of volcanoes in the Circum Pacific Region
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Ring of Fire
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Who is known as the father of modern seismology?
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R.D. Oldham
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Volcanic erupted material when inside the hill/earth/mountain it is called
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Magma
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International Tsunami information center is located in
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Honlulu
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Cyclones occurring in North America are called?
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Hurricanes
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What are the vectors of Zika Virus?
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Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus
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Generally the number on Richter’s scale ranges between
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0 and 9
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In India National Institute of Disaster Management is located at
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New Delhi
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The Disaster Management Act was made in?
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2005
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Effective hazard management largely rely on
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Pre-disaster planning
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The extent to which a community, structure, services, or geographic area is likely to be damaged or disrupted by the impact of particular hazard is termed as
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vulnerability
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The Richter’s scale expresses an earthquakes?
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magnitude
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The point of the Earth’s surface directly above the point where an earthquake occurs is called?
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epicenter
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Vulnerability analysis comes in which part of the Disaster Management Cycle
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Mitigation
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is a contagious viral illness that in its most severe form causes nerve injury leading to paralysis, difficulty breathing and sometimes death.
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Polio
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The word disaster comes from
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Greek word
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High vulnerability are associated with?
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high disaster risk
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The Bhopal gas Disaster occurred in?
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1984
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The instrument which record earthquake wave is called?
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seismograph
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It is known as seismic wave
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tsunami
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The largest active volcano in the world is?
Mauna Loa in Hawaii
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Latur earthquake occurred in?
1993
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is a seismic seismic wave that is trapped near the surface of the earth.
Surface wave
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Known as the light house of the mediterranean sea
Stromboli
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Most fire prone country in the world
Australia
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The Chernobyl Disaster of 1986 in Ukraine was a case of?
nuclear disaster
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It is when a large number of people in a community get a disease at the same time
epidemic
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Zika Virus is spread by?
mosquitos
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Intensity of an earthquake is measured by
Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale
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About 2/3 of the cyclones that occur in the Indian Ocean occur in the?
Bay of Bengal
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The most calm part of tropical cyclone is?
eye
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The word tsunami has been derived from
Japanese word
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Wild fire in north america is called?
Bush fire
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The two atom bombs dropped in Hiroshima and Nagashaki in Japan by USA during
World War II
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The twin tower of world trade centre in USA was destroyed in the year
2001
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In northern hemisphere, the wind of the tropical cyclone blows in
Anticlockwise direction
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Where do tropical cyclones rarely develop because the coriolis effect is weakest there?
5 degrees of the equator
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PAGASA calls a tropical cyclone SUPER TYPHOON when the wind blows
more than 220 kph
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During volcanic eruption, the extreme risk zone is within a distance
up to 100 meters
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What is lahars?
volcanic mud flow
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Highest volcanic mountain in the world is
Cotopaxi
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The terrorist attack in Mumbai took place in?
2008
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In disaster management, mitigation measures involve
community action and administration
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The cycle of disaster consists of the following components
mitigation, preparedness, response, recovery
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The National Disaster Management Authority is headed by?
The Prime Minister of India
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Environmental condition found on equatorial calm over the sea
doldrums
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In the Philippines, Cyclone is tracked through which satellite?
HIMAWARI-8
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Tuberculosis generally affect
lungs
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most landslide prone area in the Philippines
Cordillera Region
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What is the abbreviation of PAGASA?
Philippine, Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration
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What is the deadliest typhoon in the Philippines?
Haiphong
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What is the most destructive typhoon in the Philippines?
Yolanda
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When did typhoon Rolly happen?
November 1, 2020
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What is the abbreviation of PHIVOLCS?
Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology
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a service institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) that is principally mandated to mitigate disasters that may arise from volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunami and other related geotectonic phenomena.
PHIVOLCS
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one of the attached agencies of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) under its Scientific and Technical Services Institutes, is mandated to “provide protection against natural calamities and utilize scientific knowledge as an effective instrument to insure the safety, well being and economic security of all the people, and for the promotion of national progress.”
PAGASA
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Abbreviation of CDC
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
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When did the WHO announce the official name of COVID-19?
February 11, 2020
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Where was COVID-19 first identified?
Wuhan, China
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What is the abbreviation of SARS?
severe acute respiratory syndrome
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The deadliest pandemic in history
Bubonic plague
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The deadliest volcanic eruption in the Philippines
Mount Pinatubo
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is a viral respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirusthat was first identified in Saudi Arabia in 2012.
Mers-Cov
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Who introduced the small pox vaccine?
Edward Jenner
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A dangerous phenomenon, substance, human activity or condition that may cause loss of life, injury or other health impacts, property damage, loss of livelihoods and services, social and economic disruption, or environmental damage.
Hazard
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The potential disaster losses, in lives, health status, livelihoods, assets and services, which could occur to a particular community or a society over some specified future time period.
disaster risk
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The outright avoidance of adverse impacts of hazards and related disasters prevention (i.e. disaster prevention) expresses the concept and intention to completely avoid potential adverse impacts through action taken in advance.
disaster prevention
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The lessening or limitation of the adverse impacts of hazards and related disasters.
mitigation
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Constitutes the knowledge and capacities developed by governments, professional response and recovery organizations, communities and individuals to effectively anticipate, respond to, and recover from, the impacts of likely, imminent or current hazard events or conditions.
preparedness
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The fourth phase of disaster and is the restoration of all aspects of the disaster’s impact on a community and the return of the local economy to some sense of normalcy
recovery
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shocks that happen before the earthquake
foreshocks
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shocks that happen after the earthquake
after shocks
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Waves of energy caused by the sudden breaking of rock within the earth or an explosion. They are the energy that travels through the earth and is recorded on seismographs.
seismic waves
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Where was the largest earthquake ever recorded?
Chile
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What is the most seismically active state?
Alaska
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This is the most dangerous part of the hurricane and where the highest speed winds are.
eye wall
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These bands can drop huge amounts of rainfall causing flooding when the hurricane hits land.
rainbands
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occur over the ocean in areas near the equator.
Tropical Cyclones
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38 mph or less
Tropical depression
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39 to 73 mph
Tropical storm
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What is the direction of hurricanes in the southern hemisphere?
clockwise
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These are volcanoes formed from particles and blobs of lava ejected from a single vent at the top. They generally don't get taller than around 1,000 feet.
cinder cones
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These volcanoes are also shaped like a cone, but are formed from layers of lava over many years. They can grow into huge mountains over 8,000 feet tall from their base.
composite volcanoes
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They form from wide thin layers of lava that eventually are shaped like a shield.
shield volcanoes
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These volcanoes are formed by thick lava that hardens right around the vent. They can sometimes form inside of other types of volcanoes.
lava domes
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describes two or more disorders or illnesses occurring in the same person. They can occur at the same time or one after the other. It also implies interactions between the illnesses that can worsen the course of both.
comoborbidity
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the first seismic wave detected by seismographs; able to move through both liquid and solid rock.
P Waves
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secondary body waves that oscillate the ground perpendicular to the direction of wave travel and produce vertical and horizontal motion in the ground surface.
S Waves
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surface waves that move in an elliptical motion, producing both a vertical and horizontal component of motion in the direction of wave propagation.
Rayleigh waves
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surface waves that move parallel to the Earth’s surface and perpendicular to the direction of wave propagation.
Love waves
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Where did the Ebola virus first occur?
Ebola river
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is the region that circles the Earth, near the equator, where the trade winds of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres come together.
Intertropical Convergence Zone
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are rivers of incandescent of molten rock or lava moving downslope or away from an eruption vent.
lava flows
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large circular or oval depressions more than 1 km (0.6 mile) in diameter—have been formed by inward collapse of landforms after large amounts of magma have been expelled from underground.
Caldera
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What type of volcano is taal?
Caldera
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When did taal volcano erupt?
January 12, 2020
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is the premiere science and technology body in the Philippines charged with the twin mandate of providing central direction, leadership and coordination of all scientific and technological activities, and of formulating policies, programs and projects to support national development.
Department of Science and Technology
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When did Philippines confirm its first case of COVID-19?
January 30, 2020
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is a task force organized by the executive of the Philippine government to respond to affairs concerning emerging infectious diseases in the Philippines.
Inter-agency task force on emerging infectious diseases
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When is Earth Day?
April 22
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When did Mount Mayon last erupt?
January 13-May 18, 2018
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What is the most active volcano in the Philippines?
Mount Mayon
