| skills needed in studying contemporary issues | identifying sources, distinguishing fact from opinion, identifying bias and forming inferences, generalization and conclusions |
| author is present during event/experience | primary source |
| quotes from primary sources | secondary source |
| statement that can be verified | fact |
| expression of a person's feelings that cannot be proven | opinion |
| in analyzing info related to social sciences, there is no need to know that it does not favor anyone. The presentation of information should be balanced | identifying bias |
| educated guess | inference |
| generalization | involves a mental process where one connects information to make a summary statement |
| conclusion | a statement that describes relationship among information or data after careful examination |
| natural disasters | adverse events that result from natural processes of earth |
| el nino | seasonal warming of the pacific ocean ; causes droughts in the northern PH |
| la nina | weather phenoma characterized by unusually cold ocean temp. in the equatorial pacific which causes increased numbers of the tropical storms |
| typhoon | large storm system having a circular or spiral system of violent winds, typically hundreds of kilometers or miles in diameter. The winds spiral around a region of low atmospheric pressure. |
| storm surges | abnormal rise of water generated by a storm, over and above the predicted astronomical tides |
| flooding | temporary overflow of water onto land that is normally dry |
| landslide | Movement down slope of a rock, debris, earth or soil (soil being a mixture of earth and debris |
| volcanic eruption | volcano is an opening in the earth's crust that allows molten rock, gases and debris to escape the surface |
| Activites that cause natural disasters | . |
| effects | Devastating typhoons
Volcanic Eruptions
Disastrous earthquakes
Deadly Storm Surges |
| Preparing for natural disasters | Storm Warnings
○ PAGASA - DOST issues public storm warnings to inform the public of the strength of an upcoming tropical cyclone or typhoons |
