Activity 21 | SYNTHESIS

 SYNTHESIS

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS :

1. How should we prepare for disasters that include volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and tsunamis?

SITUATION 1 : The 1868 Arica Tsunami

- By learning all the preparedness and conducting activities to be done before, during and after a tsunami.

- By always paying attention to all warnings and news that were announced

- By looking for a higher place to be evacuated before a tsunami and asssess your sorroundings.

SITUATION 2 : Mount Etna Erupts

- Be informative and educational about volcanic eruptions.

- By avoiding areas downwind and river valleys downstream from the volcano.

- By conducting evacuation procedures.

SITUATION 3 : Iceland Volcano on the Brink of Major Eruption

- Plan an emergency evacuation and conducting earthquake drills

- Prepare all the important things and seal it. Prepare all the emergency kits and supplies for survival.

- Stay tuned to national news and your local community's channels to be on top of the situation and stay informed with local safety plans and evacuation areas.

SITUATION 4 : Remembering the 1990 Luzon Earthquake

- Educate yourselves and family members about earthquakes.

- Practice the basic : Drop , Cover and Hold .

- Secure heavy items in your home like bookcases, refrigerators, televisions and objects that hang on walls. Store heavy and breakable objects on low shelves. Consider making improvements to your building to fix structural issues that could cause your building to collapse during an earthquake. 

2. How do the Earth's plate movements affect humans?

SITUATION 1 : The 1868 Arica Tsunami

- Numbers of lives and properties are lost and destroyed

- Livelihoods are forcily paused

- Millions of dollars in financial loss, and long lasting psychological problems for the inhabitants of the region

SITUATION 2 : Mount Etna Erupts

- Can kill thousands of people and falling ash can make it hard for them to breathe that casue respiratory diseases

- Ash from volcanoes can do more than darken the skies, hurt air quality, contaminate water, coat highways, cover yards and ground airplanes. Hard to see.

- People can lose their possessions as volcanoes can destroy houses, roads and fields. 

SITUATION 3 : Iceland Volcano on the Brink of Major Eruption

- People can lose their possessions as volcanoes can destroy houses, roads and fields. 

- Health concerns after a volcanic eruption include infectious disease, respiratory illness, burns, injuries

- They can also die from famine, fires and earthquakes which can be related to volcanoes.

SITUATION 4 : Remembering the 1990 Luzon Earthquake

- Destroyed homes , lives and properties.

- Earthquakes can cause disruption to public services like transport systems and communication connections.

- Causes trauma and financial problems or other terms of problems.

PROCESS QUESTIONS :

1. Look at your answers to the essential questions. What do all answers have in common?

- The importance of having preparedness as soon as possible before the disasters to ensure safety and reduce damages and how it affects human lives and their properties. The ways and strategies on how to prevent injuries or loss in every possible disasters . Obviously, all answers are similar and mostly have in common to each other.

2. Are all strategies the same? How do the answers differ? What are the different significance of Earth's plate movements and their impact to humans?

- All strategies are the same and identical , the only difference were  what the disasters to happen and how it should be taken action. Plate tectonics affects humans in several important ways.The different significance of Earth's plate movements is that it creates intense destruction and major consequences to all aspects , not just on humans.

3. Complete the following statement and support your answer with examples from the above articles. "The ways by which humans prepare for disaster to ensure safety and reduce damage are..."

- The ways by which humans prepare for disaster to ensure safety and reduce damage are important and the solutions in order to be vigilant for possible dangers or disasters . This preparedness shows great effectiveness for survival and to lessen the impact of disasters on vulnerable populations, to ready an organization for an influx of activity, and to design a coordinated plan that reduces the waste of resources, time, and efforts. Since disaster preparedness has the potential to save the maximum number of lives and property during a disaster, and it aims to return the affected populations to normalcy as quickly as possible. It is an education that can provide life-saving and life-sustaining information and skills that can protect us.

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