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1
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a phenomenon that poses threat to the people, structure or economic assets and which MAY cause a disaster

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hazard

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It can be natural or human induced

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hazard

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it is a serious disruption in the functioning of a society

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disaster

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the two types of natural hazards

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hydrometeorological hazard and geological hazards

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11 types of natural hazards

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tropical cyclose/monsoon, flooding, el nino, la nina, earthquake, drought, storm surge, landslide/mudslide, tsunami/seiche, volcanic eruption and fire ( bush fire )

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two causes of disasters

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natural hazards and human induced hazards

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5 types of human induced hazards

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fire (chemical/electrical), trash slide, red tide, technological ( oil spills, bombings, maritime disasters), socio-political 9 political destabilization/terrorism)

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what type of fire is in natural hazards

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bush fire

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what type of fire is in human induced hazards

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chemical and electrical fire

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what are technological human induced hazards

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oil spills, bombings, maritime disasters

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what are socio political human induced hazards

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political destabilization and terrorism

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it is a condition or event that may cause harm to property and life as a result of it’s process such as tropical cyclone, monsoon, flood and ipo ipo

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hydrometeorological hazards

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it is a seasonal prevailing wind in the region of south and southeast asia

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monsoon

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a monsoon blows from the southwest between and brings rain ( wet monsoon) at what months

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may and september

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monsoon brings the dry monsoon from the northeast between what months

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october and april

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15
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anotherterm for wouthwest monsoon

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habagat

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another term for northeast monsoon

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amihan

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17
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tuyo at malamig na hangin mula sa

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siberia

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18
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mainit at moist na hangin mula sa

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indian ocean

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a rapidly rotating low pressure system that forms over tropical oceans

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tropical; cyclone

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term of tropical cyclone in the philippines

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typhoon

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typhoons entering the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) are given a local name bye the

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Philippine atmospheric geophysical and astronomical services administration (PAGASA)

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The 5 tropical cyclone categories are

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tropical depression, tropical storm, severe tropical storm, typhoon and super typhoon

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at what km/h is a tropical depression

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61km/h

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at what km’h is a tropical storm

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62-88km/h

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at what km/h is a severe tropical storm

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89-117 km/h

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at what km/h is a typhoon

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118-184km/h

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at what km/h is a super typhoon

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185 km/h

28
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almosthowmanytorpical cyles visits the philippines every year and how many are destructive

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20 tropical cyclones and 4-6 are destructive

29
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applies to the interaction of two tropical cyclones

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fujiwhara effect

30
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what are the 4 disastrous effects of tropical cyclone

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strong winds, storm surge, landslides/mudslides, floodings

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it is caused by a very short period of unusually heavy rainfall in a mountainous or hilly area. Accelerated runoff, dam failure, break up of ice jam

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flash flood

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caused by overflowing of river, slow build up, usually seasonal

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river flood

33
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occurs when stong on shore winds push the water inland and cause a rinse in sea level and floods the low lying costal areas

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coastal flood

34
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the 6 causes of flooding

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heavy rains/continous and widespread rain that last for days, basin shape, meandering river, sitation/sedimentaton, dam spilling, sam/dike break

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aggravating factors for flooding ( four )

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presence of informal settlers, improper garbage disposal, population growth and rampant development

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it is a weak to violent shaking of the ground produced by the sudden movemoent of rock materials below the earths surface

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earthquake

37
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a type of earthquake where earthquakes are produced by sudden movement along faults and plate boundaries

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tectonic

38
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a type of earthquake where earthquakes are produced by movement of magma beneath volcanoes

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volcanic

39
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it is the total amount of energy released, based on instrumentally derived information

A

MAGNITUDE

40
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estimation of the effects of an earthquake on people, structures and environment. Generally higher near the epicenter

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intensity

41
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4 types of earthquake generators

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trench, trough, collision zone, fault zone, active faults

42
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the west valley fault system of marikina city includes ( four )

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industrial valley complex, barangka, malanday, tumana

43
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the effects of tropical cylone

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seiche and tsunami

44
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is the sloshing of a closed body of water from earthquake shaking.

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seiche

45
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Japanese term means “harbor waves”. generated mostly by submarine earthquakes

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tsunami

46
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phases of an earthquake drill ( 6 )

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AREAHE, alarm, response, evacuation, assembly, head count, evaluation

47
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what are non renewable resources

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coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear

48
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Renewable Energy Act of 2008

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RA 9513

49
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energy resources in the philippines are categorized as

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renewable and non renewable resources are

50
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anthracite is (%) pure carbon and (%) volatile matter

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86-98 pure carbon and 8-3 volatile matter

51
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it is an excellent fuel that is still used to heat homes

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anthracite

52
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bituminous coal carbon percentage and volatile matter percent

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76-86 carbon, 46 to 31 volatile matter

53
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it is used to make coke, used in metallurgy

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bituminous coal

54
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sub bituminous coal carbon percentage and colatile matter percentage

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70-76 carbon and 53-42 volatile

55
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it is burned in industrial boilers

A

sub bituminous coal

56
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lignite carbon adn volatile matter percentage

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65-70 carbon, 63-53 volatile

57
Q

. It
is a low-grade fuel with a high moisture content that is
used in industrial boilers.

A

lignite

58
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It has a carbon content
of less than 60% and is composed entirely of volatile
matter. A poor fuel that was once used throughout Europe
in the form of dried briquettes for heating, today it is used
only in a few regions, such as Ireland

A

Peat

59
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is a form of energy released from
the nucleus, the core of atoms, made up of
protons and neutrons. T

A

nuclear energy

60
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when
nuclei fuse together or decay

A

fusion

61
Q

when nuclei of
atoms split into several parts

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fission

62
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is the fuel most widely used in nuclear
reactors at power plants.

A

uranium

63
Q

Nuclear energy is
created when uranium atoms are split in a process
called

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fission

64
Q

r is the use of air flow through wind
turbines to mechanically power generators for
electric power

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wind power

64
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renewable resources are

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solar, wind, hydroelectric, biomass, geothermal

65
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is the conversion of energy from sunlight into
electricity,

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solar power

66
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is fuel that is developed from organic materials, a
renewable and sustainable source of energy used to create
electricity or other forms of powe

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biomass

67
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*Some examples of materials that make up biomass fuels are: ( five)

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scrap lumber, forest debris, certain crops, manure and some type of waste residues

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