GeoHaz quiz 1 Flashcards
1
Q
- These are geological processes or phenomenon 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.
A
Geohazards
2
Q
- It is defined as one that emerges gradually
over time. (disaster)
A
Slow-onset disaster
3
Q
- A process/phenomenon that may pose a threat to human lives
and/or properties
A
Hazard
4
Q
- The potential loss of life, injury, or destroyed or damaged assets
which could occur to a system, society or a community in a
specific period of time, determined probabilistically as a function
of hazard, exposure, vulnerability and capacity
A
Risk
5
Q
- A serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a
society at any scale due to hazardous events interacting with
conditions of exposure, vulnerability and capacity, leading to one
or more of the following: human, material, economic and
environmental losses and impacts
A
Disaster
6
Q
- Degree to which the elements at risk are likely to experience
hazard events of different magnitudes/scales.
A
Susceptibility
7
Q
- It is the ability of a population to cope and/or prepare to the
effects or impacts of a particular hazard.
A
Adaptive Capacity
8
Q
- It is the degree or inability to resist to the effects/impacts of hazard or to respond when a disaster has occurred. It is a function of
exposure/susceptibility, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity which
may be viewed in various lenses related to the physical,
economic, social, environmental, and/or institutional
characteristics of an area.
A
Vulnerability
9
Q
- Do hazards always lead to
disaster?
A
No (think of an explanation)
10
Q
- Processes that pose threat to life or property are generally
called as “natural hazards”. Give an example of natural hazards.
A
Any of the ff: Earthquakes
* Volcanic Eruptions
* Floods
* Mass Wasting
* Tsunami
* Subsidence
* Drought
* Typhoons
* Tornadoes
* Asteroid Impacts
11
Q
- Can we eliminate the risk from natural hazards?
A
No, we can’t.
12
Q
- ____________ is the effort to reduce loss of life and property by lessening the impact of disasters. Mitigation is taking action now—before the next disaster—to reduce human and financial consequences later (analyzing risk, reducing risk, insuring against risk).
A
Mitigation
13
Q
- Types of Hazards
A
a. Natural Hazards
b. Atmospheric/Hydrometeorologic Hazards
c. Anthropogenic Hazards
14
Q
- A type of anthropogenic hazard which
occur due to exposure to hazardous substances, such
as radon, mercury, asbestos fibers, and coal dust.
A
Technological Hazards
15
Q
- It occurs only because a primary
effect has caused them. For example, fires ignited
by earthquakes or volcanic eruptions, disruption of
electrical power and water service as a result of an
earthquake or flood, and flooding caused by a
landslide moving into a lake or river.
A
Secondary effects
16
Q
- It occur as a result of the process itself.
For example water damage due to a flood, and
collapse of buildings due to an earthquake,
landslide, typhoon, or tornado
A
Primary Effects
