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

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