GEOLOGY

EARTH SCIENCE

EARTHQUAKES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What does crisis mean?
A
a willingness to surrender to somebody
B
a conclusion based on incomplete facts
C
a time of great difficulty
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -a situation that is extremely difficult or dangerous, when there are many problems: a major/serious/global crisis. an economic/financial/political crisis.

Detailed explanation-2: -: an unstable or crucial time or state of affairs in which a decisive change is impending.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the structure of a play the climax, or crisis, is the decisive moment, or turning point, at which the rising action of the play is reversed to falling action.

Detailed explanation-4: -Crisis is an acute emotional upset; it is manifested in an inability to cope emotionally, cognitively, or behaviorally and to solve problems as usual (Hoff, 2009).

Detailed explanation-5: -Some common synonyms of crisis are contingency, emergency, exigency, juncture, pinch, straits, and strait. While all these words mean “a critical or crucial time or state of affairs, ” crisis applies to a juncture whose outcome will make a decisive difference. a crisis of confidence.

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