Natural Disasters

Question 1

An extreme weather condition or phenomenon
caused by warm ocean surface water
temperature

Answer 1

El nino

Question 2

E L N I Ñ O
An extreme weather condition or phenomenon
caused by warm ocean surface water
temperature that develops in ?

Answer 2

the central and
east-central equatorial Pacific.

Question 3

??- The ocean surface water temperature ?
and causes intense rainfall and floods.

Answer 3

Lanina, cools

Question 4

large, powerful, and rotating storm system
characterized by strong winds and intense
rainfall that originates over warm tropical
oceans

Answer 4

Typhoon

Question 5

Abnormal increase of water level in seashores when
storm nears coastal lines caused by strong winds
brought by low pressure at the eye of the storm

Answer 5

Storm surge

Question 6

caused by strong typhoon, sudden and
intense rain, or heavy and prolonged
rainfall, clogged canals and waterways

Answer 6

Floff

Question 7

may occur when there is continuous and
heavy rainfall, volcanic eruptions or
earthquakes, quarrying, and deforestation

Answer 7

Landslide

Question 8

an eruption of molten rock, hot rock
fragments, and hot gases through a
volcano, which is ?

Answer 8

Eruption, a vent in a planet’s crust

Question 9

E A R T H Q U A K E
sudden, rapid shaking of the earth
caused by the ?

Answer 9

breaking and shifting
of rock beneath the earth’s surface

Question 10

Generated by the Department of
Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)
to indicate which areas are prone to natural
danger or natural disasters.

Answer 10

GEOHAZARD MAPPING

Question 11

1. Cagayan
2. Albay
3. Ifugao
4. Sorsogon
5. Kalinga
6. Ilocos Sur
7. Ilocos Norte
8. Camarines
   Norte
9. Mountain
   Province
10. Camarines Sur
11. Northern
    Samar
12. Catanduanes
13. Apayao
14. Pampanga
15. La Union
16. Nueva Ecija
17. Pangasinan
18. Masbate
19. Tarlac
20. Western
    Samar

Answer 11

Typhoons

Question 12

1. Surigao Del Sur
2. La Union
3. Benguet
4. Pangasinan
5. Pampanga
6. Tarlac
7. Ifugao
8. Davao Oriental
9. Nueva Vizcaya
10. Nueva Ecija

Answer 12

Earthquake

Question 13

1. Pampanga
2. Nueva Ecija
3. Pangasinan
4. Tarlac
5. Maguindanao
6. Bulacan
7. Metro Manila
8. North Cotabato
9. Oriental Mindoro
10. Ilocos Norte

Answer 13

Flooding

Question 14

1. Ifugao
2. Lanao Del Sur
3. Sarangani
4. Benguet
5. Mountain Province
6. Bukidnon
7. Aurora
8. Davao Del Sur
9. Davao Oriental
10. Rizal

Answer 14

Lamdslide

Question 15

1. Camiguin
2. Sulu
3. Biliran
4. Albay
5. Bataan
6. Sorsogon
7. South Cotabato
8. Laguna
9. Camarines Sur
10. Batanes

Answer 15

Volcanic eruption

Question 16

1. Sulu
2. Tawi-tawi
3. Basilan
4. Batanes
5. Guimaras
6. Romblon
7. Siquijor
8. Surigao del Norte
9. Camiguin
10. Masbate

Answer 16

Tsunamia

Question 17

WHAT CAN CAUSE AND/OR WORSEN NATURAL DISASTERS?
(6)

Answer 17

DISPOSAL OF
WASTE IN
WATERWAYS

DEFOREST
-ATION

LIVING
AROUND
VOLCANOES

DEPLETION
OF THE
OZONE LAYER

MINING AND
QUARRYING

LIVING AND
DUMPING GARBAGE
IN ESTERO,
RIVERSIDE, OR
SEASHORE

Question 18

WHAT CAN CAUSE AND/OR WORSEN NATURAL DISASTERS? (1)

Answer 18

PEOPLE’S
REFUSAL TO
EVACUATE
DANGEROUS
AREAS

Question 19

RISK PREVENTION

Answer 19

National Disaster
Risk Reduction
and Management
Council

Question 20

GOALS OF DISASTER MITIGATION

Answer 20

1. Implement building codes and
   infrastructure design to withstand
   the onslaught of natural disasters.
2. Plan orderly and sustainable use and
   management of land.
3. Disseminate information about
   natural disasters.