Social Science CLASS: IX

DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL KATHUA

SUMMER VACATION HOME WORK of Social Science

CLASS: IX

General Instructions:

• The project should be hand written.
• It should be well presented.
• Each section should be done in A4 size sheet.
• The project should not exceed 15 sheets.
• You have to present your project in class after vacations.

“We can not stop natural disaster but we can arm ourselves with knowledge: so many lives wouldn’t have to be lost if there was enough disaster preparedness’ ”

1. Highlight the following

Q1. Definition of Disaster

Q2. What is disaster management cycle?

Q3. What are the types of disaster?

Q4. What is Vulnerability and Risk?

Q5. What is a hazard? How is it classified?

Q6. Differentiate between Disaster and Hazard.

2. Complete the following table with relevent information.

HAZARDS	Elements of Hazard	Vulnerable group	Prevention	Example
PHYSICAL
CHEMICAL
BIOLOGICAL

3. Prevention and mitigation of common disaster in India. Any two of the following
   a. Earthquake                   b. Drought                        c. Cyclone
   d. Flood                              e. Landslide                      f. Any man- made disaster
   
4. Being a young student of DPS you are familiar with your school building according to you what precautions should you take in evacuating from your classroom in case of Disaster
    
5.  Ravi/ Reena went to spend their summer vacations with his/her grandparents in Dehradun his/her brief sojourn was soon interrupted by a LANDSLIDE that occurred on the Outskirts of dehradun making it isolated from the rest of civilization . Write a story with Ravi/Reena as your protagonist and how he/she used his/her common sense to deal with the disaster and helped in safe rescue of people