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11. Changesgingclimategdognotghaveganygeffectgongthegweathergthangagcommunitygexperience
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12. Ingmanygcommunitiesgthatgexperiencegdisasters,gtheglong-
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akesgitgdifficultgtogrecover.gTruegorgFalse?
13. HurricanegKatrinagwasgthegmostgpowerfulghurricanegthatghasgevergmadeglandfallgingthegUnit
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14. ThegproportiongofgthegUnitedgStatesgpopulationglivinggongorgneargthegcoastlineghasgbe
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15. Technologicalgdisasters,gsuchgasgchemicalgspills,gcangbegagsecondarygimpactsgbroughgong
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17. Sometimesgreferredgtogasgtheg“CNNgsyndrome,”gourgincreasedgawarenessgofgdisastersgworld
widegthroughgtheginternetgandgsocialgmediagmakesgitgappeargthatgtheregareg
gnaturalgdisasters.
18.
refersgtogthegconceptgthatgvulnerabilitygtogdisastersgisgnotgequallygdistributedgacrossgsociety,gsog
thatgbothgingthegUnitedgStatesgandgacrossgthegworld,gfactorsgsuchgasgwealth,ggender,gorgracegcan
gimpactgangindividual’sgabilitygtogwithstandghazards.
19. Thegdegreegtogwhichghumansgreducegemissionsgofgheat-
trappingggasesgingthegatmospheregsuchgasgcarbongdioxidegwillgeffectgthegrategthatgourg
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20. Ifglocalggovermentsgandgstatesgaregoverwhelmedgbygagdisastergandgneedghelpgcoveringgthegcos
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:
1. Thegtypicalgcostsgassociatedgwithghazardsgthatgaffectgthegbuiltgenvironmentginclude:
a. economic
b. social
c. environmental
d. allgofgthegabove
2. Aftergaghazardgevent,gecosystems:
a. cangcauseghuman-madegdisasters
b. failgtogsustaingfurthergplantglife
c. cangregenerategandgplantgandganimalglifegcangbeginganew
d. losegtheirgabilitygtogregenerateganimalglife
3. Overgtheglong-term,gvolcanicglavagandgash:
a. preventgfuturegplantggrowth
b. formgfertilegsoilsgthatgstimulategnewgplantggrowth
c. dognotgproduceganygbeneficialgresultsgasgcomparedgtogothergnaturalghazards
d. remaingunchanginggcomponentsgingthegdelicategbalancegofgnature
4. Thegfollowinggaregnotgconsideredgtypesgofggeophysicalgprocessesginvolvedgingnaturalghazards:
a. extraterrestrial
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tsginclude:
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b. Richtergscale
c. ModifiedgMercalligscale
d. allgofgthegabove
6. Naturalghazardsgmaygappeargtogbegincreasinggingfrequencygbecausegofgallgofgthegfollowi
nggexcept:
a. heightenedgmediagexposure
b. increasedgdevelopmentgingvulnerablegareas
c. stronggbuildinggcodes
d. thegeffectsgofgclimategchange
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a. Disastersgtendgtogoccurging50gyeargcycles
b. Developersgaregmotivatedgmoregbygprofitgthangbygbuildinggenvironmentallygfriendl
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c. Thegpopulationgdoesn’tgtakegdisastergpreparationgseriously
d. Moregdevelopmentgandgmoregpeoplegaregingharm’sgwaygthangevergbefore
8. Whogfinancesgactivitiesgofglocal,gstate,gandgfederalggovernmentsgbefore,gduring,gandgafter
a disaster?
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a. thegtaxpayers
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11. Changesgingclimategdognotghaveganygeffectgongthegweathergthangagcommunitygexperience
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12. Ingmanygcommunitiesgthatgexperiencegdisasters,gtheglong-
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13. HurricanegKatrinagwasgthegmostgpowerfulghurricanegthatghasgevergmadeglandfallgingthegUnit
edgStates.g TruegorgFalse?
14. ThegproportiongofgthegUnitedgStatesgpopulationglivinggongorgneargthegcoastlineghasgbe
engdecreasinggslightlygovergthegpastgfewgdecades.g TruegorgFalse?
15. Technologicalgdisasters,gsuchgasgchemicalgspills,gcangbegagsecondarygimpactsgbroughgong
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lygbeyondghumangcontrol,g
suchgasgoilgspillsgorgterrorismgaregaccidentallygorgintentionallygcausedgbygpeople.
17. Sometimesgreferredgtogasgtheg“CNNgsyndrome,”gourgincreasedgawarenessgofgdisastersgworld
widegthroughgtheginternetgandgsocialgmediagmakesgitgappeargthatgtheregareg
gnaturalgdisasters.
18.
refersgtogthegconceptgthatgvulnerabilitygtogdisastersgisgnotgequallygdistributedgacrossgsociety,gsog
thatgbothgingthegUnitedgStatesgandgacrossgthegworld,gfactorsgsuchgasgwealth,ggender,gorgracegcan
gimpactgangindividual’sgabilitygtogwithstandghazards.
19. Thegdegreegtogwhichghumansgreducegemissionsgofgheat-
trappingggasesgingthegatmospheregsuchgasgcarbongdioxidegwillgeffectgthegrategthatgourg
changesgingthegfuture.
20. Ifglocalggovermentsgandgstatesgaregoverwhelmedgbygagdisastergandgneedghelpgcoveringgthegcos
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