storms‚ and earthquakes. The great state of California is no stranger to its part of natural destroyers. Many cities in the state have had its share having earthquakes. Earthquakes are produced by abrupt motion along a fault when friction that resists such motion is overcome by stress. Cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles have been known to have earthquake as well. California sits along the San Andreas Fault and there is more than just this one that has been named. Many earthquakes are produced
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Review Questions Exam 1 Please provide detailed answers (lists‚ paragraphs‚ diagrams‚ etc). You will earn points as well as have a great study guide for your exam. Chapter 1 Earth science may include the study of: (there are 5) 1. Atmosphere. 2. Biosphere. 3. Hydrosphere. 4. Geosphere. 5. Pedosphere. Geology is the study of what? and can be broken into several sub-disciplines become familiar with at least two sub-disciplines. Geology is the study of the Earth‚ the materials of
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kilometers from the epicenter of an earthquake. Tables have been formulated to demonstrate the magnitude of any earthquake from any seismograph. For example‚ for a one-unit increase in magnitude‚ there is an increase of times thirty in released energy. To put that another way‚ each number on the Richter scale represents an earthquake ten times as strong as one of the next lower magnitude. Specifically‚ an earthquake of magnitude 6 is ten times as strong as an earthquake of magnitude 5. The
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Two earthquakes‚ two iconic authors - Mark Twain and Jack London - witness catastrophe‚ yet the way they perceive and describe it are different. Not one soul looks on and shall distinguish it exactly the same‚ but the mood or tone in which the disasters are described would be expected to be comparable. Twain brings to the table a personal take and focuses on the “curiosities” of the earthquake. London observes the disaster from the relative distance of “the bay”‚ while describing the destruction
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instantly. Juliet awakens‚ finding Romeo dead beside her‚ and stabs herself. The families are reconciled by the deaths of their children and agree to end their violent feud. Most naturally occurring earthquakes are related to the tectonic nature of the Earth. Such earthquakes are called tectonic earthquakes. The Earth’s lithosphere is a patchwork of plates in slow but constant motion caused by the release to space of the heat in the Earth’s mantle and core. The heat causes the rock in the Earth to flow
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Are India’s nuclear power plants safe and secure? The recent earthquake in Japan‚ which has caused a major nuclear crisis has forced people across the world to ask questions about the viability of nuclear power. Indians too are asking whether nuclear power is a safe option for the country. FEARS OF nuclear meltdown in Japan have put question marks on safety and security of `nuclear plants across the world. Analysts have predicted that the ongoing crisis in Japan will lead to soul searching about
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Attribute: The three-pronged trident. He is associated with horses‚ seen in the crashing of waves on the shore. He is also believed to be the force behind earthquakes‚ an odd expansion of the power of a sea god‚ but possibly due to the association between earthquakes and tsunamis in Greece. Some scholars believe he was first a god of the earth and earthquakes‚ and only later took on the role of sea god. Poseidon’s Appearance: Poseidon is a bearded‚ older man usually pictured with seashells and other
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In general‚ the map that contained all the earthquake distributions mostly had shallow quakes spread around. Deep quakes on the map were a lot less common. I would estimate that about 85%-90% of the earthquakes were shallow quakes. There were only three earthquakes on the map that had a magnitude of 7.0 or greater. The earthquakes that appeared to have occurred along spreading zones made up about 80% of the earthquakes on the map. Earthquakes that have occurred in these areas generally have
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Hunter Herdt Dr. Schiesser Geological Disasters 12 October 2011 What Should We Be Doing? Natural disasters occur on Earth every day. They range from earthquake that can’t be felt to Tsunamis that kill and destroy millions of dollars of property. No matter big or small they happen and the best geologist can predict them to a certain degree yet no natural occurring disaster can be entirely predicted or stopped. People seem to look to blame something or someone for these things but we are only
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1:51pm an earthquake occurred with its epicenter located in Mineral‚ Virginia. An earthquake’s seismic waves travel between 2-8 kilometers a second. Social media was spreading the news of this earthquake at a rate of 5‚500 posts per second. The rate at which the news was spreading gave thousands of people the advantage of knowing about the earthquake before the seismic waves had reached their area. The first social networking post‚ which reached users 30-40 seconds before the earthquake would reach
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