Tuesday Mid Term 10
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| Define Hazard | show 🗑
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| show | modifying human behavior or environmental features to enable people to live in a given place under prevailing conditions
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| What are the 4 Natural Hazards? | show 🗑
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| show | Intentional or accidental occurrences caused by human activity
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| What are the two types of man made hazards? | show 🗑
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| What are the 5 costs of disasters? | show 🗑
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| show | A state of readiness to respond to any emergency or disaster
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| When does preparedness take place in relation to an emergency? | show 🗑
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| Define Mitigation | show 🗑
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| Give examples of mitigation | show 🗑
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| Mitigation vs Preparedness | show 🗑
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| show | Reduce loss of life/property damage. Reduces vulnerability to future hazards. Saves money. Speeds up response and recovery. Demonstrates commitment to community health/safety
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| Are natural hazards the same as disasters? | show 🗑
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| show | Winter storm
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| Are hazards occurring more frequently? | show 🗑
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| show | No, Natural hazards are.
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| show | The damage to human life and property
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| Do disasters occur more often in unpopulated areas? | show 🗑
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| When is the most valuable time to implement mitigation measures? | show 🗑
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| What phase involves anticipating what might happen during different hazards? | show 🗑
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| show | Earth’s natural systems maintain a balanced state over long periods of time through a series of adjustments.
A change in one part of the system will be balanced by change in another part
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| What are the 6 hurricane hazards? | show 🗑
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| Define Storm Surge | show 🗑
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| Define Storm Tide | show 🗑
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| Define inland flooding | show 🗑
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| show | Wave action of water during a hurricane that makes flooding destructive
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| show | The speed of wind related to hurricane-force that does significant damage
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| show | Wearing away of shoreline along the ocean
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| What is a hurricane watch? | show 🗑
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| show | Sustained winds of 74+ mph are expected within 24hrs
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| show | The cone of uncertainty estimating the path of a hurricane
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| What is the Saffir-Simpson scale? | show 🗑
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| Explain a category 1 hurricane | show 🗑
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| Explain a category 2 hurricane | show 🗑
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| Explain a category 3 hurricane | show 🗑
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| Explain a category 4 hurricane | show 🗑
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| show | 5. 155+ CATASTROPHIC buildings removed from foundations. Nearly total roof failure.
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| show | low-lying areas that typically lie to either side of a river or stream
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| show | the outer areas on both sides of the flood-way this is usually the area of shallower depths and lesser velocities.
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| show | central portion of the floodplain. Areas with greatest velocities and highest water depths
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| show | Runoff and groudwater
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| Define runoff | show 🗑
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| show | Water that seeps into the soil and travels underground below the surface
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| What are FIRMs | show 🗑
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| show | National Flood Insurance Program
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| What is a 100 year floodplain? | show 🗑
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| What is base flood elevation? | show 🗑
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| What is a 500 year floodplain? | show 🗑
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| show | Identify Risk, Assess Risk, Communicate Risk and Mitigate Risk.
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| show | A violent rotation column of air extending from the base of a thunderstorm.
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| show | A set of wind estimates based on damage relating to a tornado. Ranging from 0-5.
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Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
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You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
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