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    English Project Design a poster on- Save Mother Earth Keep the following points in mind:     Include some factual information- not just illustration Should deal with any one aspect of Earth- its depletion and solution Slogan is a must To be done in activity copy Geography Project Select any two Indian species of animals and birds that are endangered and write about the following aspects: 1. Threats faced or the reasons for being in the endangered list. 2. Present habitat and distribution

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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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    Introduction Haiti is one of the world’s poorest nations in the western hemisphere‚ which is still suffering the impact and devastation of the earthquake today. A nation so often on its knees had been knocked to the ground. (Clinton). On January 12‚ 2012 Haiti was struck by an earthquake with 7.0 magnitudes. Many Haitians suffered while others lost their lives. The earthquake shred many homes leaving many people homeless. Many towns got ruined and wrecked‚ even cities got ripped apart and drowned. The churches

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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Mt. Vesuvius As A Volcano

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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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    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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    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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