Quarter 1 - Lesson 2: Environmental Issues (Complete)

Question 1

are hermful effects of human activities on nature. tehy can lead to disaese, death, and destruction.

Answer 1

Environmental Issues

Question 2

Two Types of Environmental Issues

Answer 2

• Man-made Environmental Issues
• Natural Environmental Issues

Question 3

These are issues brought by human activities that result in disease and death of living beings; including, plants, animals and human beings.

Example:

Deforestation, Plastic Pollution, Wars, Chemical Pollution

Answer 3

MAN-MADE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

Question 4

These are events brought about by the natural processes of the Earth. It results in loss of life or damage to property.

Example:

Earthquake, Volcanic Eruption, Wildfires, Typhoon

Answer 4

NATURAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

Question 5

(specialized maps that indicate the hazard susceptibility of areas)

Answer 5

Geohazard Maps

Question 6

The Philippines ranks among the world’s most disaster-prone countries. It is highly prone to natural disasters, particularly (_) lying as it does in the typhoon belt, in the active volcanic region known as the “Pacific Ring of Fire,” and in the geologically unstable region between the Pacific and Eurasian tectonic plates (DRR Knows).

Answer 6

typhoons, floods, landslides, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and tsunamis,

Question 7

• It is a low-pressure area or a tropical cyclone that is large and violent. It rotates counterclockwise with warm air rising above the warm water of the Pacific Ocean.

Answer 7

TYPHOON

Question 8

If it’s above the North Atlantic, central North Pacific, or eastern North Pacific oceans (Florida, Caribbean Islands, Texas, Hawaii, etc.), we call it a (_)

Answer 8

hurricane

Question 9

If it hovers over the Northwest Pacific Ocean (usually East Asia), we call it a (_)

Answer 9

Typhoon

Question 10

Derive their energy from the latent heat of condensation which made them exist only over the oceans and die out rapidly on land. One of its distinguishing features is its having a central sea-level pressure of 900 mb or lower and surface winds often exceeding 100 knots.

Answer 10

TROPICAL CYCLONES

Question 11

Tropical Depression

Tropical Cyclones classification

Answer 11

Up to 61 km/h

Question 12

Tropical Storm

Tropical Cyclones classification

Answer 12

62 to 88 km/h

Question 13

Severe Tropical Storm

Tropical Cyclones classification

Answer 13

89 to 117 km/h

Question 14

Typhoon

Tropical Cyclones classification

Answer 14

118 to 220 km/h

Question 15

Super Typhoon

Tropical Cyclones classification

Answer 15

Exceeding 220 km/h

Question 16

On () Typhoon Yolanda hit the Philippines with gusts of up to () mph.

On?

Answer 16

November 7th, 2013

Question 17

On November 7th, 2013 Typhoon Yolanda hit the Philippines with gusts of up to (_) mph.

Answer 17

235

Question 18

It is an unexpected and rapid shaking of the Earth due to the breakage and shifting of layers underneath and strikes all of a sudden at any time of the day (Arulsamy and Jeyadevi, 2011, p.10).

Answer 18

EARTHQUAKE

Question 19

(_) refers to the movement or shifting of tectonic plates.

Answer 19

A tectonic earthquake

Question 20

(_) is triggered by volcanic activity near the surface.

Answer 20

a volcanic earthquake

Question 21

An earthquake destroys properties and harms people. The most familiar effects include (_)

Answer 21

falling trees, falling debris, electrical posts, cracking of roads, and the appearance of sinkholes.

Question 22

A few minutes after the last stroke of midnight on August 17, 1976, a violent earthquake occurred on the island of Mindanao spawning a tsunami that devastated more than 700 km of coastline bordering Moro Gulf in the North Celebes Sea. This offshore event generated by the Cotabato trench, a less prominent trench system in the Philippines, was the largest tsunamigenic earthquake to have occurred in Mindanao in the last two decades. It was an earthquake that resulted in massive destruction of properties and great loss of lives.

Answer 22

1976 MORO GULF EARTHQUAKE