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Modern World Environmental Hazards Quiz

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What is the main factor contributing to an increase in technological hazards?

Increasing urbanization (correct)

Wealthier population

Healthier population

Awareness about risks

Who is most vulnerable to economic disasters caused by expensive infrastructure?

Middle-class people

Wealthy people

Poor people (correct)

Elderly people

What defines a disaster according to the text?

A serious disruption of community functioning

Any event causing human, material, and economic losses

A sudden, calamitous event causing serious disruptions and exceeding community's ability to cope (correct)

A catastrophic event caused by nature

Where do environmental hazards occur according to the text?

<p>At the interface between the natural and human system</p> Signup and view all the answers

What often leads to a disaster when human response to an environmental hazard fails?

<p>Failure of human response to an environmental hazard</p> Signup and view all the answers

Modern World Environmental Hazards Quiz

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Questions and Answers

What is the main factor contributing to an increase in technological hazards?

Who is most vulnerable to economic disasters caused by expensive infrastructure?

What defines a disaster according to the text?

Where do environmental hazards occur according to the text?

What often leads to a disaster when human response to an environmental hazard fails?

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