GE1801

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Directions: Match Column A with Column B. Write the corresponding letter of your answer on the
space provided before each number. (10 items x 2 points)

Column A Column B

1. Disaster a) These are hazards that arise suddenly.

2. Droughts
3. Terrorism
4. Geophysical Hazard
5. Slow Onset Disaster
6. Dormant Volcano
7. Landslides
8. Biological Hazard
9. Natural Disasters
10. Rapid Onset Disasters
b) Usually caused when rock underground suddenly
breaks along the fault.
c) A volcano that is not currently erupting but has
erupted within recordable history and is expected to
erupt again in the near future.
d) The movement of rock, earth, or debris down a
sloped section of land. These are caused by rain,
earthquakes, volcanoes, or other factors that make
the slope unstable.
e) Defined as “criminal acts intended or calculated to
provoke a state of fear in the general public, group of
persons or particular persons”.
f) Disaster resulting from natural process.
g) A hazard caused by the exposure to living
organisms and their toxic substances.
h) A sudden calamitous event that disrupts
communities and societies. Causes human, material,
and economic losses.
i) Are prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall; a
shortage of water resulting from this.
j) These are disasters that take months or years to be
disastrous.
k) A volcano that has recorded eruptions in the past
and is still currently erupting.
l) A hazard originating from solid earth.

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