Which Statement Best Compares Natural Hazards with Natural Disasters

question 24

Multiple Choice

Which statement best compares natural hazards with natural disasters?

• A) Natural hazards have affected humans over the past couple million years or so whereas natural disasters have affected planet Earth over billions of years.
• B) A Natural disaster has caused a significant amount of death and destruction to an area whereas a natural hazard has the potential to cause death and destruction.
• C) Natural hazards refer only to earthquakes and volcanoes whereas natural disasters refer to all natural processes that can cause death and destruction.
• D) Natural disasters are caused entirely by people whereas Earth's natural processes cause natural hazards.

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Definitions:

Reuptake

The process by which neurotransmitters are taken back into the synaptic vesicles of a neuron after being released, thereby terminating the signal between neurons.

Neurotransmitter Molecules

Chemicals that transmit signals across a synapse from one neuron to another target neuron.

Sending Neuron

A neuron that transmits a chemical or electrical signal to another neuron across a synapse during neurotransmission.

Excitatory Signals

Neural impulses that increase the likelihood of a neuron firing, leading to an action.