Comformities Discomformities Know what cross-sections‚ geologic maps‚ and block diagrams are. Cross section is a vertical slice in the area. Geologic maps are 2D presentation of a 3D object. Block Diagrams are both of these. Earthquakes Know definitions related to earthquakes: focus‚ epicenter‚ seismic waves‚ etc. Know the three types of waves discussed in lab‚ how they transfer their energy‚ how fast they are‚ what they can travel through‚ etc. Surface Waves: Love Waves- side to side Raleigh
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flock of birds‚ signaling a site outage. Synonym = Classical Explanation: I chose the word Classical‚ because the original word "iconic" means something that is original or well known of. In this case‚ "classical" fits well. 3. Following the earthquake that struck Haiti in January 2010‚ Twitter reaffirmed its role as a powerful tool for the dissemination of information. Synonym = Spread Explanation: I chose the word Spread‚ because the original word means to cover across or let known. In this
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spreading into water supplies and farmland causing things to get contaminated. Radioactivity is also big because it stays for a long time. Chinas reactors when they got hit but the earthquake spread for miles and miles contaminating everything. Physical environmental hazards are processes that occur naturally like earthquakes‚ volcanic eruptions‚ fires‚ floods‚ blizzards‚ landslides‚ hurricanes‚ and droughts. Humans are very easy to get exposed to things that are harmful to us like radiation from sunlight
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safety. The earthquake and tsunami in Japan was a disastrous event in mankind. It killed thousands and displaced even more. The reason that I want to become an engineer is so that I can improve the lives of people all around the world by making life safer. My goal is to become educated by going to an institution for higher learning in order to improve the safety of others. By creating better methods of engineering‚ we as a society can become a safer people. The massive earthquake that triggered
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continues‚ millions and millions of years from now the Atlantic Ocean will be larger than the Pacific Ocean. The Pacific Ocean is home of the “Ring of Fire.” The Ring of Fire is “a geologically active area where tectonic shifts make volcanoes and earthquakes common.” (National Geographic) These volcanoes were all formed due to something called subduction. Subduction is what happens when the plates hit‚ the land from one shift under the other‚ moving kind of like a conveyor belt. Where the plate moves
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Did you know Mt. Vesuvius erupted more than 50 times? It erupted in 79A.D. In about 25 hours‚ it wipes our entire town. Mt. Vesuvius is unique as a volcano because of its activity level‚ the remains of Pompeii and its lessons frozen in history. Firstly‚ Mt Vesuvius is unique as a volcano because of its activity level. Its last serious eruption was in 1944. It’s one of the only active volcanos on the mainland of Europe. It’s considered one of the most dangerous volcanoes in world due to the
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Case Study of Mount St. Helens Date: 18th May‚ 1980 Time: 8:30-8:33 8: 30—ash and steam erupted. 8:32—earthquake of magnitude 5.1 on the Richter scale caused the bulge on the north side of the mountain to move forwards and downwards‚ releasing material that formed a landslide of rock‚ glacier‚ ice‚ and soil that moved downhill to fill Spirit Lake. However‚ the water only reinforced it‚ and it moved rapidly down the northern fork of the Toutle Valley. The mudflow reached
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need in another place and action needs to be taken Primary Audience Outcome: I want the audience to notice there are others suffering more than themselves. It doesn’t hurt to lend a helping hand. Introduction: Two years on from the catastrophic earthquake which struck Haiti‚ killing more than 200‚000 people and making millions more homeless‚ work to recover continues. Nearly a million people have now left the camps which sprang up after the disaster‚ a new Haitian Government has been sworn into power
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El Salvador‚ a small country in Central America‚ has had a huge historical housing deficit that started to improve in the late 1990s. However‚ the earthquakes in early 2001 shook not only the country‚ but also the country’s economic and social foundations thus rendering the need for new housing policies. This is the backdrop of the housing shortage in El Salvador today. Due to many factors‚ the country that was once stable in adequate housing now is facing an issue with lack of shelter for millions
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have the most of the nature assortment and wealth. However‚ for every beautiful thing there is in California‚ comes a dangerous price for it. California is most likely to experience earthquakes‚ severe droughts‚ wildfires‚ floods‚ which can be catastrophic and already had been defined in the history. Its earthquakes are severe and
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