Atmospheric Extreme Events and Hazards

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1. Rare events that occur due to human factors only
2. Natural processes that cause minor harm to the environment
3. Events that occur rarely and cause irreparable loss to human society
4. Regular occurrences that have no impact on the environment

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1. Events caused by natural processes only
2. Events caused by human factors only
3. Extreme events that occur frequently
4. Events that cause disaster for human society

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1. Environmental hazards are caused by natural processes only, environmental stresses are caused by human factors only, and environmental disasters are caused by both.
2. Environmental hazards and environmental disasters are caused by both natural processes and human factors, while environmental stresses are caused by human factors only.
3. Environmental hazards are the same as environmental stresses, and environmental disasters are caused by natural processes only.
4. There is no difference between environmental hazards, environmental stresses, and environmental disasters.

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1. Causal factors and their agents
2. Results of extreme events
3. Both causal factors and their agents and results of extreme events
4. None of the above

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1. A sunny day
2. A thunderstorm
3. A man-made explosion
4. An earthquake with a magnitude of 9 on the Richter scale

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1. The magnitude and quantum of damage done to human society
2. The frequency of the extreme event
3. The intensity of the extreme event in uninhabited areas
4. The impact on natural environmental systems

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1. When it occurs in an uninhabited area
2. When it occurs in a densely populated area
3. When it causes colossal loss to human property and lives
4. When it disturbs the environmental balance

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1. They are unrelated terms in environmental science
2. They are synonymous terms for most people
3. Disasters refer to natural extreme events and hazards refer to man-induced extreme events
4. Hazards refer to extreme events that are destructive and disastrous in themselves

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1. The frequency of the event
2. The timing of the event
3. The intensity, magnitude, dimension, and quantum of damage done by the event
4. The number of casualties caused by the event

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1. Terrestrial extreme events and extraplanetary extreme events
2. Atmospheric extreme events and physical extreme events
3. Biological extreme events and chemical extreme events
4. All of the above

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1. Volcanic eruptions
2. Earthquakes
3. Biological extreme events
4. Landslides

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1. Earthquakes
2. Lightning
3. Landslides
4. Release of toxic chemicals

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1. About 65 kilometers
2. About 650 kilometers
3. About 6,500 kilometers
4. About 65,000 kilometers

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1. 1,000 atomic bombs
2. 10,000 atomic bombs
3. 100,000 atomic bombs
4. 1,000,000 atomic bombs

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1. Typhoons
2. Cyclones
3. Hurricanes
4. Tornadoes

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1. Floods and droughts
2. Cumulative events and man-induced events
3. Physical hazards and chemical hazards
4. Abnormal and infrequent events, and cumulative events

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1. Lightning
2. Floods
3. Droughts
4. Heat waves

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1. Earthquakes (RIS)
2. Landslides
3. Accelerated soil erosion
4. Nuclear explosions

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1. Unequal spatial and temporal distribution of atmospheric energy
2. Human-induced activities
3. Natural disasters
4. Climate change

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1. Lightning, thunderstorms, and hailstorms
2. Floods, droughts, and cold waves
3. Tropical cyclones, regional floods, and droughts
4. Earthquakes, landslides, and release of toxic chemicals

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