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Safety Rule
Chapter 14 Glencoe Health
Question | Answer |
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to be aware that safety is important and to be careful to act in a safe manner | Safety Conscious |
Potential sources of danger | Hazards |
Injuries caused by unexpected events | Accidendental Injuries |
What are able to catch fire easily | Flammable |
Is a dangerous situation in which too much electrical current flow along a single circuit. | Electrical Overload |
Devices that sound an alarm when they sense smoke | Smoke Alarms |
People who travel on foot | Pedestrians |
A dangerous situations brought on by changes in the atmosphere | Weather Emergencies |
A whirling, funnel-shaped windstorm that drops from the sky to the ground | Tornado |
A strong windstorm with driving rain that originates at sea | Hurricane |
A very heavy snowstorm with winds of up to 45 miles per hour | Blizzard |
A sudden and dangerous drop in body temperature | Hypothermia |
A violent shaking of the earth's surface | Earthquake |
Secondary earthquake | Aftershock |
When one has been sighted or detected on radar | Warning |
When the conditions are right for it to happen | Watch |