Social Studies 10 and Christian Living Education Review

Comprehensive practice flashcards covering contemporary issues, environmental science, disaster management, Christian morality, geology, and technical vocational skills based on the provided lecture notes.

Contemporary Issues

Issues with particular and significant relevance to the present time, encompassing existing events, situations, subject matter, and conditions (Kendall, 2013).

Nation

Defined by Benedict Anderson as an 'imagined community' that is imagined, limited, and sovereign.

DA-TAYO

A process of constant expansion of intellectual and ethical horizons where more people are included in the conception of 'tayo' (Camilo Osias).

Illegal Logging

Timber harvested or sold in violation of laws.

Overmining

Exhausting deposits beyond sustainable limits, causing environmental collapse, such as the case of the Tampakan Project in South Cotabato.

R.A. 9003

The Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000, which focuses on segregation and recycling.

Global Boiling

A term coined by UN Sec-Gen António Guterres in 2023 to describe record-breaking temperature extremes threatening societies.

Sustainable Development

An approach to growth that aims to meet the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs (Brundtland Report, 1987).

Disaster

A serious disruption of the functioning of a community due to hazardous events interacting with conditions of exposure, vulnerability, and capacity.

Socio-natural Hazards

Natural hazards that are aggravated by human acts.

R.A. 10121

The Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010, which shifted the system from relief and response to risk reduction.

Resilience

The ability of a person, community, or system to prepare for, withstand, recover from, and adapt to disasters or hazards.

Duc In Altum

A Latin phrase meaning 'Put out into the deep,' which serves as the motto of St. John's Institute.

Human Acts

Actions performed freely, knowingly, and willingly, such as studying, praying, or helping others.

Acts of Human

Biological processes that happen naturally without deliberate choice, such as breathing, sneezing, or digestion.

Incarnation

The Christian belief that God became man in Jesus Christ, celebrated during Christmas.

Mount Kanlaon

The highest peak in the Visayas region and the most dominant landform on Negros Island.

Pacific Ring of Fire

A region where $75\%$ of all active volcanoes are found and where earthquakes and tectonic activities occur.

Phreatic Eruption

Steam-driven explosions caused by water heating underground near magma.

The Big One

A projected Magnitude $7.2$ earthquake along the West Valley Fault system.

Isostatic Uplift

A buoyancy-driven rising process where the thickened continental crust floats on the denser asthenosphere.

Heat Index

A measure of how hot it feels outside when relative humidity is combined with the actual air temperature.

El Niño

The warm phase of ENSO where trade winds weaken, allowing warm water to pool in the central and eastern Pacific.

Photovoltaics (PV)

A solar energy method using semiconductor materials to convert sunlight into direct current electricity.

R.A. 11904

The Philippine Creative Industries Development Act of 2022, enacted to support the growth of creative industry domains.

UI Designer

A professional focused on the 'User Interface' or how an application or website looks.

UX Designer

A professional focused on the 'User Experience' or how it feels to use an application or website.

Copyright

An automatic legal right given to a creator which in the Philippines lasts for the creator's life plus $50$ years.

Copyleft

A flexible ownership protection that allows others to use, share, and modify work as long as they keep the same freedom for others.

Tangible Heritage

Cultural elements that can be seen or touched, such as monuments, paintings, and artifacts.

Dimensioning

The process of specifying the size, shape, and location of the geometric elements of a technical design.

Tolerance

The specified allowable variation in a dimension to ensure parts fit and function properly, such as $20.0 \pm 0.2\,mm$.

Food Processing

The process of changing raw agricultural products into safe, convenient food products with a longer shelf life.

FIFO

A system meaning 'First In, First Out,' used to reduce waste by using older stock before newer stock.

Osmosis

The process by which salt draws out moisture from food, historically used in the salting preservation method.

Metadata

Often described as 'Data about Data,' it provides information about a webpage within the HTML <head> tag.

Colspan

An HTML attribute used to merge cells across multiple columns in a table.