Araling Panlipunan 10: Contemporary Issues (Unit 1 & 2)

Vocabulary flashcards focusing on Contemporary Issues, weather phenomena, and earthquake terminology based on the Araling Panlipunan 10 Grade 10 curriculum.

Contemporary

A term meaning "modern" or "timely."

Contemporary Issues

Timely events that affect people's lives and require immediate attention and solutions.

PAGASA

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration; it analyzes, monitors, and names storms in the Philippines.

Four Types of Contemporary Issues

1. Social (Panlipunan), 2. Technological (Panteknolohiya), 3. Environmental (Pangkapaligiran), and 4. Health (Pangkalusugan).

Contemporary Issues and Problems in the Philippines

Issues resulting from global changes, such as growing population, environmental destruction, widespread poverty, human rights violations, government corruption, and threats of terrorism.

Calamity

Events that cause great damage and anxiety to people and the communities they strike.

Typhoon (Bagyo)

A developing weather disturbance characterized by a circular or spiral system of strong winds and heavy rain, often hundreds of kilometers in size.

Tropical Depression

A weather system with wind speeds slower than $61\,km/h$.

Tropical Storm

A weather system with wind speeds ranging from $62-118\,km/h$.

Typhoon (Scientific Classification)

A weather system with wind speeds ranging from $118-220\,km/h$.

Super Typhoon

A weather system with wind speeds exceeding $220+\,km/h$.

Flood

The overflowing and rising level of water caused by heavy and continuous rain in a community.

Flash Flood

Sudden flooding caused by heavy rain occurring within a period of six hours or less.

Storm Surge

An unusual rise in water level at the shore as a storm approaches the coast.

Paris Agreement

A treaty involving 197 member countries of the United Nations to create agreements to mitigate global warming.

Earthquake

Shaking ranging from weak to violent ground movement caused by the sudden movement of rock materials underground.

Intensity

A measure of an earthquake based on what people feel and the effects of the shaking on the environment and structures, often measured by the PHIVOLCS Earthquake Intensity Scale.

Magnitude

A measure of an earthquake based on information from instruments that declares the actual energy or strength released from the source.

Epicenter

The area on the surface of the earth directly above the focus of the earthquake.

Focus

The actual origin of the crack underground where the energy of the earthquake is rooted.

Typhoon Examples

Significant storms in Philippine history including Typhoon Ondoy (2009) and Typhoon Yolanda (2013).