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    Mt. Gerabaldi

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    very long time. The last eruption was in 8051 BC. Mount Garibaldi began erupting about 250‚000 years ago and has grown steadily since then. Like most of the Cascade volcanoes‚ it has its own origins in the Cascadia subduction zone; a long convergent plate boundary that stretches from mid- Vancouver Island to Northern California. The first European to see the mountain in 1792‚ Captain George Vancouver‚ traded with the local natives in the area. When skiing became popular in the 1940s‚ Vancouver skiers

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    Andes: 500 km Countries the Andes Covers: Argentina‚ Bolivia‚ Chile‚ Colombia‚ Ecuador‚ Peru‚ and Venezuela How were the Andes formed? The Andes were formed due to the compression‚ the act of tending to come together from different direction of plate boundary‚ just off the western coast of the continent of South America. The oceanic crust is being forced against the continental crust which forms the continent of South America. The collision causes it to build up which causes deformation (changing

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    California Eathquakes

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    US. Earthquakes California lies on a conservative plate boundary where the Pacific plate and the North American plate are the components. There are separated by a transform fault‚ known as the San Andreas Fault. The Pacific plate is moving north comparative to the North American plate however the fault is not smooth and so friction between the plates occur causing plates to lock. The continued pressure created by the movement of the plates around these locked portions of the fault causes the crust

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    off the North East Coast of Japans main island Honshu. Why? Japan is located on the eastern edge of the Eurasian Plate. The Pacific Plate‚ which is an oceanic plate‚ subducts the Eurasian plate‚ which is a continental plate‚ to the east of Japan. This type of plate margin is known as a destructive plate margin. The process of subduction is not smooth. Friction causes the Pacific Plate to stick. Pressure builds and is released as an earthquake. So what? The earthquake occurred at a relatively shallow

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    Rosie Ruvalcaba‚ Daniel Bockle Mrs. Campbell Earth Science period 2 May 30‚ 2017 Everglades National Park Report The Everglades national park was established on December 6‚ 1947. The Everglades National Park has 1.5 million acres of wet land. It’s important because it holds an abundance of wildlife and ecosystems that are dependant on each other. Everglades has many special features some of them consist of trails and boat tours of Florida Bay and

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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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    this catastrophe was because Japan is located on the east edge of the Eurasian Plate‚ therefore the Oceanic Pacific Plate was subducted under the Eurasian Plate. This plate margin is known as a Destructive plate boundary. The reason behind the huge 9 magintude earthqauke is because when the Oceanic Plate was being subducted under the Eurasian Plate‚ tension was built up‚ the tension then became too much for the plates to hold‚

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    English Vowel Sounds

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    | | | | This vowel is known as the long a sound and it has the same sound as the alphabet letter A. Try to practice simple words such as: late‚ eight‚ and hate. Remember that you have to open your mouth wide for this sound.The long a sound is written as eɪ in IPA. Therefore‚ you can think about pronouncing the long a sound as the short e sound plus the short i sound. Many non native English speakers pronounce the long a sound as the short e sound because they drop the short i sound. |

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    I. Product Background A. Introduction In this highly luxurious extravagant world‚ food and other beverages has always been one of the things which maintain the mainstream of life. Aside from being one of the basics for survival‚ gatherings are also made perfect by food preparation and stress is now often associated with food. This activities show that food intake nowadays is far different from the conventional times. Furthermore‚ this lavish lifestyle most of the people have results in an

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    How Iceland Was Formed

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    traffic. Iceland is situated is situated in the mid Atlantic ridge a seam in the Earth’s surface under the North Atlantic Ocean where the Eurasian and North American plates slide apart. This island has more than 200 volcanoes which is thought to be what created this island. This picture shows that Iceland sits on a constructive plate boundary as the newest parts of the island are right in the middle of the island‚ in fact‚ the new parts are in such a way that you could probably make out whereabouts

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