EARTH AND LIFE SCIENCE

Danger ! Geologic Hazards Ahead !

Quarter 1_Week 6_ Module 15

NAME: Louise Claire F. Fernandez GRADE LEVEL: 11 – ABM

ACTIVITIES

how safe is our House ?

Questions Point
1. Who built or designed my house? 0
2. How old is my house? 0
3. Has my house been damaged by past earthquakes or other
1
disasters?
4. What is the shape of my house? 1
5. Has my house been extended or expanded? 0
6. Are the external wallsof my house 6-inch (150mm) thick CHB? 1
7. Are steel bars standard size and spacing used in walls? 1
8. Are there unsupported walss more than 3 meters wide? 1
9. What is the gable wall of my house made of? 1
10. What is the foundation of my house? 1
11. What is the soil condition under my house? 1
12. What is the overall condition of my house? 1
Total score 9
Guide Questions:

1. How safe is your house based on the self-check survey? Explain the results of your
score.

Based on the self-check survey, the total number of points that I garnered is 9. If
evaluated, it says that our house needs strengthening and needs to be consulted to
the experts.

2. Do you think your house is resilient to strong earthquake? Why? Why not? Explain
your answer.

I think my house is somewhat resilient to strong earthquake because throughout

these years, it does not have any cracks or any sign of deterioration and besides my
house is made up of standard materials and concrete hollow blocks, the soil
condition under our house is also stiff soil. Our house is way older than I am but I
trust our house not to easily get destroyed in case a strong earthquake occurs.
3. If you have a chance, how will you remodel your house to become earthquake
resilient?

I will remodel my house by consulting a licensed civil engineer and have very thick
rammed earth wall or a reinforced concrete frame structure with moment-stiff
corners at the top and at the bottom, and in fills of bricks, cement blocks or adobes.

geologic hotspots
__ it Geologic Hazards
happens? Earthquake Volcanic Eruption Landslide
How When two parts of the Volcanic eruption Landslides occur when
earth's surface move happens if a molten the slope or a portion of
suddenly in relation to rock called magma it undergoes some
each other along a rises to the surface. processes that change
fault line, due to Magma is formed when its condition from
tectonic forces. the earth's mantle melts stable to unstable.
Why It is increased magma
The rocks that make
movement within a
up the crust of the Landslides can be
volcano that causes an
Earth are full of initiated in slopes
eruption. These
fractures. Faults – already on the verge of
movements are
rocks slip past each movement by
triggered by different
other as the crust earthquakes, volcanic
processes that happen
rearranges itself in the activity and other
below, inside, and
process known as factors.
above the magma
plate tectonics.
chamber.
Where Sixty percent of all
active volcanoes occur
at the boundaries
between tectonic plates.
Earthquakes occur Landslide occurrence
Most volcanoes are
along all types of plate and potential are the
found along a belt,
boundaries; coastal and
called the “Ring of Fire”
subduction zones, mountainous areas of
that encircles the
transform faults, and California, Oregon, and
Pacific Ocean, due to
spreading centers. Washington.
this reason, most of the
volcanic eruptions
happen in the Pacific
Ring of Fire.
When It happens when
An earthquake Landslides occur when
molten rock called
happens when two masses of rock, earth
magma rises to the
blocks of the earth material, or debris
surface. Magma is
suddenly slip past one flows move down a
formed when the
another. slope due to gravity.
earth's mantle melts.
2. Based from what you have learned through answering the table above, you may
now describe below on what you think are the various hazards that may happen in
the event that the following geologic activities happen in your community.

a. earthquakes The hazards that may happen during an earthquake are ground
shaking, possible occurrence of landslides, tsunami, avalanches
and ground rupture.

b. volcanic eruption The possible hazards from a volcanic eruption are ash fall,
flow of lahar, landslides and volcanic earthquakes.

c. landslides When a landslide occurs it is possible to have a downslope ground

movement, such as rock falls, deep slope failure, shallow debris
flows, and avalanches.

MODIFIED TRUE OR FALSE

1. Some factors like topography, bedrock type, location and orientation of the fault
rupture result to varying level of ground shaking.
_____TRUE_____

2. The aftermath of liquefaction can leave large areas covered in a deep layer of mud.
_____TRUE_____

3. Vertical spreading occurs where sloping ground starts to move downhill, causing
cracks to open up, and are often seen along hill crests and river banks.
_____FALSE, Lateral_____

4. Earthquake, also known as tremor is defined as any sudden shaking of the ground
caused by the passage of seismic waves through earth’s rocks.
_____TRUE_____

5. Landslides are long wavelength oceanic waves produce by the sudden movement
of seawater by a shallow earthquake, volcanic eruption or submarine landslide.
_____FALSE, Tsunami_____

Fill me up
6. _Lava_ known also as molten rock and can erupt as fire fountain.

7. _Pyroclastics_ flow or hot avalanches of rock, ash, and gas that travel down
volcano slopes at high speed.

8. _Phreatic_ explosions caused by the interaction of water with hot rock or magma.

9. _Lahar_ hot or cold mixtures of water and volcanic debris that form when
volcanic materials interact with water, ice, snow, or loose wet sediments.
10. _Volcanic_ gases are irritating or poisonous, or cause breathing problems, and
the release of sulfur dioxide may cause acid rain to form.

1. C
2. D
3. A
4. A
5. A
6. E. Tectonic, Volcanic, Explosion
7. A
8. A
9. B
10. D