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afari File Edit View History Bookmarks Window Help bblearn.nau.edu o û Take Test: Section 13. Quiz: Wildfires-GLG-112 (1184 Assessments-GLG-112 (1184-1751) GEOLOGIC DISAS... QUESTION 9 1 points Save Answer Fires can most effect air quality by... Oa. bettering air quality by increasing oarticulate mater. Ob. decreasing air quality by increasing particulate mater Oc. causing acid rain down wind from the fire Od. increasing air temperature from the heat of the fire QUESTION 10 1 pointsSave Answer Topography can have a profound effect on fire.... O a. have little influence at the way (rate and intensity) things burn. Ob. causes clamatic variation which control the frequency which things burn. c-that can effect the way (rate and intensity) that things burn. Od. that dictates the single most important factor in the spread of wildfire. QUESTION 11 1 points Save Answer Way that can be used to reduce the wildfire threat to property and life... a. a big hose b, make your home out of fire resistant materials c. reduce fuel load around your property d. live next to a fire department QUESTION 12 1 points Save Answer Post (after) fire conditions can lead to.... O a. mass wasting b. earthquakes O c, volcanic activity Od. global long term climate change QUESTION 13 1 points Save Answer Click Save and Submit to save and submit. Click Save All Answers to save all answers. Save All Answers Close Window Save and SubmitExplanation / Answer
9. b. decreasing air qaulity by increasing particulaate matter
as it is the most immediate and deterioting cause of air pollution by fire
10. d. that dictates the single most important factor in the spread of wildfires
As topography has no role in the frequency, intensity or rate but greatly affects the extent and sprerad of wildfires.
11. b. make your home out of fire resistant material.
Rest all other factors will be less useful if the house is ultimately made up majorly of combustible material.
12. a. Mass wasting
Rest all factors are very long termed earth system processes whereas mass wasting may be a threat after wildfires in slopy areas where the soil becomes lose after the sudden loss of heavy vegetatioin above it and many associated factors.
13. d. preventable
wildfires, unlike most natural disasters, are mostly caused by man-made errors and is thus preventable.
14. b. global warming
Global warming may increase the risk of willdfires by providing suitable conditions for wildfires and climate change causing the suitable period of wildfires to increase (eg. by longer and drier summers)
15. c. when things begin to burn
combustion is the chemical process which is commonly called burning
16. d. by creating conditions which are conducive to the spread of wildfires
weather phenomena such as wind can hugely effect the spreading of wildfires.
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