Geological Hazards Plate Tectonics- Theory Alfred Wegener Crust- Solid Mantle- Liquid Outer Core- Liquid Inner Core- Solid (Too much pressure for it to be liquid. Doesn’t have the space to expand.) Convections cells- Due to the pressure in the earth’s core‚ when it heats up the pressure causes the heat to push against the earth’s mantle‚ triggering it to move‚ caused by convection currents. Convection Currents- it’s a concept of what causes the plate tectonics to move. http://www.scotese
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different events scheduled throughout the day. This tour offers a secure experience of the Mount Vesuvius erupting in a 4D theatre. Also the Chicago Field Museum has nearly 500 objects that includes sculpture jewelry‚ frescos‚ household objects‚ and the lava encased bodies. The several eruptions‚ is the most well known being the pompeii eruption has had a tremendous effect in tourism
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VOLCANOES Volcanoes are pressure valves that release energy from deep within the Earth.Beautiful and powerful‚awe-insipiring and deadly‚they are spectacular reminders of the dynamic forces that shape our planet. Volcano - a fissure or vent through
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1.North American Continent Boundary: The North American Continent Boundary is where North America used to meet the pacific Ocean. Until subcontinents (Example:Northern Cascade Subcontinent‚ Okanagan Subcontinent) latched onto our continent and made most of Washington. The North American Continent is also slowly moving west due to Pangea breaking apart. That means that the Pacific Ocean is slowly getting smaller and that the Atlantic Ocean is slowly getting bigger 2 to 3 inches per year. 2.Kootenay
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Earthquakes are more newsworthy but we ignore other geological hazards at our peril. Discuss. (40marks) Geological hazards are events that are perceived as a threat to people‚ poverty and nature‚ which originate in‚ or transmitted by the physical‚ built or human environment. These can include volcanoes‚ hurricanes and earthquakes‚ which all have various effects ranging from affecting people to the natural and physical environment. Looking at earthquakes in particular‚ which are vibrations of the
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an old friends’ house‚ Josh and I had dreamed to traveled extensively through the world together‚ from the canals of Venice and Amsterdam to the mountains of Austria and Italy‚ but Iceland was our main place of excitement to visit. The surrounding lava field resembled something you would only see you in your wildest dreams‚ with huge moss-covered rocks haphazardly compiled on the ground‚ and funnels of steam rising to meet low-lying gray clouds in the distance. It was a formidable and alien landscape
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non-silicates. b. Ferromagnesian and Non-ferromagnesian silicates. c. Carbonates and oxides. 10. Which are the most abundant minerals in the crust‚ silicates or nonsilicates? 11. What type of rocks form when magma or lava undergoes cooling and crystallization? 12. List the three types of magma/lava in increasing order of their viscosity. 13. The most common rocks on the continent are ____________ (fill in the blank). The most common rocks on the ocean floor are ____________ (fill in the blank). 14. What
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Vesuvius and St. Helens are volcanoes‚ they both erupted . Nonetheless‚ these volcanoes did damage to land and loss of life. Some people even lived by these volcanos‚ it may awesome to live by a volcano‚ or it may be terrifying. Nonetheless‚ if you were to live by a volcano while it was erupting‚ the event would be terrifying from the tremors of a volcano‚ moreover‚ many years ago St. Helens erupted‚ the tremors were horrific‚ people who lived by this volcano were terrified they probably had to
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Study Guide for the Final Exam Here are the rules: please do not call me or email me questions about the study guide. I will answer questions about the study guide during the brief review before the exam itself. You cannot memorize the answers to the questions and do well on the exam- the questions are meant to stimulate thinking‚ not to be answers. Please remember to review the chapters on shock and MODS as there are questions on this content. 1. There are several ABG questions; remember
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Come to think of writing a report on three countries‚ I haven’t traveled all that much... When I started working on this topic in the beginning I found it uninteresting‚ but when I started doing an extensive research‚ I found this topic more and more inviting. Doing a research on countries was fun and a worthy experience. Every country has its own enriching and unique experiences with diverse cultures and backgrounds. The countries that I found most interesting to me are Armenia‚ Iceland‚ and Latin
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