Environmental & Health Effects Of Natural Disasters
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- 1.What is the main cause of mortality with hurricanes?
- A.
Drowning
- B.
Debris
- C.
Disease
- 2.Natural disasters are
- A.
Events created by nature that have destructive and catastrophic effects that can be avoided
- B.
Events that are created by nature that have destructive and catastrophic effects and threaten the environment and the health of people in affected areas
- C.
Threaten the environment and the health of people in affected areas which cause inexpensive damage
- 3.Hypothermia and respiratory tract infections are the leading cause of death in the case of flash floods and coastal floods.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 4.There is no specific time of year or any other meteorological activity that causes earthquakes and it is also difficult to predict when and where an earthquake will strike.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.Earthquakes pose a great risk to people because they cause:
- A.
Causing injuries and fatalities through collapsing structures
- B.
Fires
- C.
Floods
- D.
Landslides
- E.
Droughts
- F.
Tsunamis
- G.
Soil liquefaction
- H.
Water and food contamination
- I.
Hypothermia
- 6.Tsunamis originate at the epicenter of the seismic activity and spreads outward in one direction.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.Expelled gases that can cause lung damage to individuals who have a compromised respiratory system are a result from
- A.
Tsunamis
- B.
Wildfires
- C.
Hurricanes
- D.
Volcanos
- 8.Extreme amounts of volcanic ash can create
- A.
Structural damage to houses
- B.
Limited visibility
- C.
Corneal abrasions
- D.
Burns
- E.
Hypothermia
- F.
Respiratory problems
- 9.Everyone who is exposed to the thick smoke of wildfires will have health problems
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.Drought can lead to severe health consequences such as
- A.
Communicable diseases
- B.
Malnutrition
- C.
Respiratory problems
- D.
Infectious disease
- E.
Trauma
- 11.The Four Stages of Disaster Involvement include
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Sample QuestionA warning comes on TV saying a volcano is about to erupt nearby, but there is not enough time to evacuate the area. Do you-
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Sample QuestionWhat is a drought?
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Sample QuestionEarthquakes are more common than hurricanes.
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