HAWAIIAN HISTORY STUDY GUIDE - answer all of the questions on homework worksheets - describe the Pacific ring of fire The Pacific Ring of Fire is an arc of intense seismic (earthquake) and volcanic activity stretching from New Zealand‚ along the eastern edge of Asia‚ north across the Aleutian Islands of Alaska‚ and south along the coast of North and South America. It is composed over 75% of the world’s active and dormant volcanoes. - describe the Hawaiian hot spot‚ plate tectonics‚ and how Hawaiian
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One day in a far away land of Olympus‚ Hercules‚ the son of Zeus‚ was strolling through his house and overhears his father say‚ “I cannot believe what Prometheus did. Stealing fire! From the gods! Oh‚ I will punish him. Him‚ his brother and the whole human race!” Hercules was in disbelief of what he just heard. He could not believe that Zeus would be so cruel over a small act‚ one to help the humans! After the gods left and sent Pandora down to Earth for Epimetheus‚ Hercules stormed in to talk to
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CONSERVATIVE PLATE MARGINS (TRANSFORM FAULTS): When two plates slide past each other they create a conservative plate margin. The relative movement is horizontal‚ and classified as either sinistral (moving to the left) or dextral (moving to the right). Along these margins crust (lithosphere) is not being destroyed by subduction‚ neither is it being created. There is no melting of rock‚ and‚ therefore‚ no volcanic activity or formation of new crust. Despite the absence of volcanic activity‚ these
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Kilimanjaro National Park. It is the highest mountain in Africa and is the fourth highest mountain in the world‚ standing at 5‚895m above sea level. Kilimanjaro is said to be a stratovolcano and consists of three volcanic cones‚ named Kibo (dormant volcano‚ last major eruption has been said to be 150‚000 and 200‚000 years ago (Wikipedia‚ 2015). Shira and Mawenzi are both extinct volcanoes. Mount Kilimanjaro is a famous summit that attracts many tourists and mountain climbing enthusiasts every year.
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Searching for a Natural Hazard Free Zone The environment of the earth is very delicate. While the strenuous acts of human life impose harmful conditions to the earth’s environment‚ there are natural hazards that can impose harmful conditions for human life. At any moment there are natural hazards that can occur on the earth. While some hazards are more predictable than others‚ all have the potential to have disastrous outcomes. Like the catastrophic tsunami of the Indian Ocean in December
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Natural Hazards and Natural Disasters A natural hazard is a threat of a naturally occurring event will have a negative effect on humans. This negative effect is what we call a natural disaster. In other words when the hazardous threat actually happens and harms humans‚ we call the event a natural disaster. Natural Hazards (and the resulting disasters) are the result of naturally occurring processes that have operated throughout Earth’s history. Effects of Hazards Hazardous process of all
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to be a great monumental during its time was The Scream by Edvard Munch in 1893. In his art‚ he uses a human like figure that is‚ bald‚ pasty‚ with its mouth wide open‚ as if it was in agonizing pain. The sky is painted red swirls has is a storm a volcano was erupting. Many people believe that the painting reflex on any men or women with emotional life thought and to this day‚ it still reflex on so many people. There are four versions of The Scream. It was painted with oil‚ tempera‚ pastel and crayons
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<center><b>What is the evidence for our knowledge of the internal structure of the Earth?</b></center><br><br>As we enter the twenty first century we are beginning to learn more and more about the composition of the Earth. Early predictions have thrown up some rather strange and peculiar thoughts as to what is making up our Earth‚ but now day¡¦s scientists can be confident that the Earth is made up of what they think. As from experiments and other sources of information a picture to what is really
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boundary are most of the modern volcanoes associated? _______________________________________________________________________ (b) Identify the following volcanoes and indicate the plate-tectonic environment of each (all of these are listed in Table 1): Volcano Plate 1. Mount St. Helens‚ WA 2. Kilauea‚ Hawaii 3. Krakatoa‚ Indonesia Tectonic Environment ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4
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the mantle. When these plates collide or slide past with other plates‚ earthquakes occur. After the main earthquake‚ an aftershock may occur as the rock masses settle down in new locations. Volcanic earthquakes are less common and occur when the volcano erupts. Volcanoes that explode violently produce acidic lava which blocks up the vents and prevents the pressure from escaping. When pressure is built up and then released‚ it can create an earthquake with a considerable magnitude. 3. Potential
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