Hazard
This type of hazard is an adverse geologic condition capable of causing damage or loss of property or life.
Geological hazard
I’m the result of moving plates but I’m not an empty table. What am I?
Earthquake
The first true seismograph, according to Italian seismologists, was created in 18__ by Italian physicist Filippo Cecchi. The Cecchi seismograph also used pendulums, but it was the first to record the relative motion of the pendulums with respect to Earth's ground motions as a function of time.
1875
Drought is a type of what hazard?
Hydrometeorological hazard
No legs have I to dance, No lungs have I to breathe, No life have I to live or die And yet I do all three. What am I?
Fire
The first fire extinguisher on record was patented in England in 17__ by Ambrose Godfrey, a celebrated chemist. It consisted of a cask of fire-extinguishing liquid containing a pewter chamber of gunpowder. This was connected with a system of fuses which were ignited, exploding the gunpowder and scattering the solution.
1723
Events that are caused by humans and occur in or close to human settlements.
Man-made disasters
I am always there, yet cannot be seen,
Hidden in the darkness, elusive and keen
I guide you forward, but never lead,
And help you find what you need. What am I?
Flashlight
18__, a young Italian named Gugliemo Marconi invented what he called “the wireless telegraph” while experimenting in his parents' attic. He used radio waves to transmit Morse code and the instrument he used became known as the radio.
1895
3 types of hazards
Geological
Hydrometeorological
Biological
What has a positive and negative side, but still remains neutral?
Battery
__% of all natural hazards were climatological, including droughts and dust storms, extreme cold, floods, fog, hail, heat, hurricanes and tropical storms, ice, sleet, snow, lightning, snow avalanches, tornadoes, wind and wildfires.
80%