DRRR - Module 1

A sinkhole is an example of which of the following natural hazard subcategories?

• Mass movement/wasting

• Tectonic

• Hydrologic

• None of the choices

Strong earthquakes are hazards that could cause disaster. Which is NOT a disaster cause by earthquakes?

• Collapse building and houses

• Drought

• loss of water supply

• food shortage

Which is NOT a geological hazard?

• Earthquake

• Tsunami

• Tephra fall

• Tornado

Disasters frequently result in all of the following EXCEPT

• Displacement of populations

• Damage to the ecological environment

• Destruction of a population’s homeland

• Adequate supply of goods and services

A serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses is called

• Disaster

• Vulnerability

• Resiliency

• Hazard