16.this term refers to how the workplace, job practices, and equipment design affect the well-being of employees a ergonomics designology c robotics d. systematic effect 17. contact with chemical hazards in the workplace most often occurs through the process of a mutagenics b. ergonomics c. inhalation d vibration 18. these short lived local storms contain rotating, high-speed winds which may reach speeds of over 300 miles per hour a hurricanes bmonsoons thunderbursts d. tornadoes 19. this circular band of heavy rains and strong winds may have a diameter of nearly 300 miles, winds near its center can exceed 200 miles per hour: a thunderstorm b. hurricane c. storm surge d tsunami 20. considerable falling and/or blowing snow with winds of at least 35 miles per hour is termed a a blizzard b. severe storm c winter storm watch d snow windfall 21. vibrations of the earth's surface that result from the sudden dislocation and shifting of the underlying structural plates is known as a/an a fectonic shift b seismic wave c earthquake d seismic seizure 22. destructive waves, about 4 to 5 stories in height, that are generated by the sudden displacement of the sea bottom are known as a tidal breakers b. monsoons c seismic surges d tsunamis 23. hurricanes occurring in the far east are known as 2 tsunamis b. typhoons c. tidal waves d. cyclones 24. a weather event that is impending or has occurred nearby is called a warning b watch sykwam d meltdown