Natural Disasters - (Pg.52 - 58) - Key Terms & Definitions & Concepts - Geography in Action.

Question 1

Air pollution from burning materials, dust, and toxic moulds pose minor health concerns to people.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 2

Scientists use a number of technologies to monitor hazards & provide early warning to the public of potential disasters

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

Social impacts include such things as displacement of people like during a flood or wildfire.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

Any attempt to keep hazards from becoming disasters or to reduce the effects of the disasters when they occur is...

Accepted Answer

mitigation

Question 5

What types of human activities put people at greater risk from natural hazards and disasters?

Accepted Answer

All of these.

Question 6

Mitigation measures can be _____ or _____.

Accepted Answer

structural / non-structural.

Question 7

Warnings are not issued when there is a high probability that a hazardous event will occur.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 8

Loss of livestock, disruption of planting, damage to agricultural infrastructure is an example of social impact.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 9

An example of a secondary effect of a natural disaster would be...

Accepted Answer

disruption of electrivty and water services as a result of a hurricane.

Question 10

An example of an economic impact a disaster could have would be loss of livestock, damage to infrastructure.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 11

The primary effect of a natural disaster is a result of the process itself...

Accepted Answer

the collapse of a building during a landslide or earthquake.

Question 12

Risk assessment involves not only assessing hazards from a scientific point of view, but also...

Accepted Answer

the effects a hazardous event would have on people and property.

Question 13

Wildlife habitats can be restored by severe storm winds, flooding, or wildfires

Accepted Answer

False

Question 14

Mapping floodplain & monitoring land use to avoid construction on the floodplain is an example of structural mitigation.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 15

The tsunami that struck Japan in 2011 destroyed entire villages and badly damaged the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

Accepted Answer

The region is still contaminated.

Question 16

Natural hazards and disasters can often have devastating impacts on the environment; wildfires and floods.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

The definition of displacement is:

Accepted Answer

both of these definitions.

Question 18

A tsunami is a potentially destructive large sea wave, generated by...

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an earthquake, volcanic eruption of unersea land slide.

Question 19

Tsunami barriers built to block waves are an example of structural mitigation measures.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 20

Risk assessment helps decision-makers and scientists...

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set priorities on what kinds of measures can be taken and wehre to focus.

Question 21

The steps taken to reduce the effects of a hazard or disaster is known as...

Accepted Answer

mitigation

Question 22

An example of a tertiary effect would be...

Accepted Answer

crop failure due to volcanic eruption; water-bourne diseases from sewer.

Question 23

Natural hazards that affect large numbers of people or the whole world can be classified as:

Accepted Answer

catastrophic hazards.

Question 24

A floodplain can be defined as...

Accepted Answer

low-lying area along a river made up of sediments and prone to flooding.

Question 25

The first step in disaster management is to...

Accepted Answer

assess the hazard and the risk it poses.

Question 26

An important part of disaster management is planning and preparing, which includes: leadership & training.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 27

Floods can be mitigated through the construction of dams, dykes and embankments.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 28

Research and monitoring of hazards is only useful after they have already occurred.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 29

Governments are not fully prepared for disasters, so the public may lose confidence, demonstrating political impacts.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 30

Release of untreated sewage and toxic chemicals can poison ground or surface waters, which are not hazardous to humans.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 31

The ____ of a city is made up of networks of transportation, communication, education systems, etc.

Accepted Answer

infrastructure

Question 32

An example of a structural mitigation measure would be:

Accepted Answer

reinforced older buildings to withstand earthquakes.

Question 33

Contamination of drinking water supplies can also cause serious environmental concerns

Accepted Answer

True

Question 34

The three categories of natural disasters are:

Accepted Answer

Geologic, Atmospheric, Hydrologic.

Question 35

Typhoons occur in the ____ or ____ Pacific ____, and called hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean.

Accepted Answer

Indian / Western / Ocean

Question 36

A Hurricane, which occurs in the Atlantic Ocean, is called a ___ when in the Indian, Western Pacific Ocean.

Accepted Answer

typhoon

Question 37

When people collect a large supply of something for the future, we use the term 'stockpiling' to describe this.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 38

Creating an evacuation plan is an example of a structural mitigation measure.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 39

Social impacts include such things as displacement from flooding homes and streets.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 40

Monitoring local weather forecasts to be ready if a tornado were to strike is an example of non-structural mitigation.

Accepted Answer

True

Natural Disasters - (Pg.52 - 58) - Key Terms & Definitions & Concepts - Geography in Action.

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Natural Disasters - (Pg.52 - 58) - Key Terms & Definitions & Concepts - Geography in Action.

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