SSCI 110 November 2011 Yosemite Introduction Yosemite National Park is without a doubt‚ one of America’s most beautiful and well-known parks. Due to the diversity of attractions the park offers‚ including high Sierra Peaks‚ the highest highway pass in California called the Tioga Pass‚ the Yosemite Valley‚ the Merced River‚ acres of high altitude backcountry‚ waterfalls‚ and some of the largest living things on earth in the sequoia groves tourists from all over the world visit. The most
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To what extent can preparedness and planning mitigate the effects of volcanic hazards? (40 marks) Volcanic activity happens across the surface of the globe and naturally hazards occur too. A hazard is a situation that poses a level of threat to life‚ health‚ property‚ or environment. It is easy to locate volcanoes‚ but it is very difficult to predict exactly when activity will take place‚ particularly a major eruption‚ this makes it difficult to prepare or plan for one. There is a very big difference
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Mountain ranges are usually segmented by highlands or mountain passes and valleys. •Volcanoes A volcano is an opening‚ or rupture‚ in the surface or crust of the Earth or a planetary mass object‚ which allows hot lava‚ volcanic ash and gases to escape from the magma chamber below the surface. Lava is a hot molten rock or magma that has erupted onto the Earth’s crust. Tephra refers to the airborne matter from a volcanic eruption.
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in January 1973‚ the island of Heimaey was the focus of a fissure opening and releasing vast quantities of lava and ash were erupted. As Iceland is a relatively rich country‚ it had the resources to evacuate the nearby port town of Vestmannaeyjar (population 5‚300) in under 7 hours. Furthermore‚ the state had the resources to pump water onto the lava flows‚ solidifying up to 20‚000m3 of lava every hour. This prevented much of the town from being completely destroyed. This shows that in rich countries
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population of Kauai is a large amount of not only citizens‚ but vacationers too. Most of the tourism occurs at volcano national parks‚ memorials‚ pearl harbor‚ Napali coast‚ secluded beaches‚ and canyon state parks. The Napali coast is a stretch of black lava shores‚ and is one of the most visited sites in Kauai. The volcano state parks would be cool to visit because they were how Kauai‚ and the other islands of Hawaii‚ formed to begin with. Waimea Canyon is also
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From: P. Sherman 42 Wallaby Way Sydney‚ NSW To: Gus Lava Lay FMC College Westward Ho Rd. Dear Esteemed Dean Lava Lay‚ I hope all is well with you and your thirty seven children‚ your deceased wife that you told me in your past letters still continues to nag you even though she’s been dead for about twenty-something years; and your new exotic‚ and very rare puffer-lung bird…is it still biting your fingers?. Since I’ve graduated from your grotesque college for the obese and mentally challenged
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Antarctica. The Lakes near volcanoes can become acidic enough to be dangerous to people(pH of water was tested initially. There was seismograph readings in the movie and the carbon dioxide can kill tress and wildlife. Unrealistic Points in the Movie The lava flows were too fluid when it should have been thick and slow moving. The temperature of hot springs near volcanoes changes more slowly than shown in the movie‚ an
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stir rod‚ graduated cylinder‚ funnel‚ filter paper‚ ring stand‚ balance Procedure: 1. Obtain a sample of brown or white eggshell and record its mass. 2. Place the eggshell in a 250ml beaker and add 15ml of HCl. 3. Stir until all bubbling stops. 4. Obtain a piece of filter paper‚ white your initials on the edge with pencil‚ then record the mass of the paper. 5. Place the filter paper in the funnel‚ in the ring stand‚ and place the 100ml beaker below the funnel. 6. Filter
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and when it spews out it is called lava." Mrs.Crystal exclaimed‚ "Yes! That is correct! It flows down‚ burning everything in its path. Over a week or so‚ it cools down and hardens‚ because on the surface of Earth‚ it is much cooler than the inside of the Earth‚ which is over 1000 degrees! It turns so hard it becomes a kind of rock.... Jess.. what is it?" Jess said‚ "An.... igneous rock?" "Fantastic!" The igneous rock is basically a lump of cooled‚ hardened lava." Reaching into her bag‚ she pulled
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did the people move for safety? Rwanda‚ fled from the city 6. When: When did it erupt? 18th of January 2002 at approximately 9.30 am 7. Why: Why did it erupt? Tectonic plate’s movement made ground to fracture and make lava flow from ground fissures out of the crater lava lake. 8. Who: Who were the people injured or dead? 70 people were killed 9. Who did the disadvantages and advantages happen to? Natives: lost home‚ business and everything belonging to them but will recover from government
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