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    been struck by an earthquake. You are a scientist with the USGS and need to figure out all the specifics on the earthquake because an earthquake has never occurred here before. You have a few things to do as a person working for the USGS to keep your job as the seismologist on staff. 1. Using the 3 seismograms recorded‚ figure out the epicenter location using the data and the P/S wave time-travel graph. One of the seismograms has been done for you. 2. Determine if the earthquake came from a fault

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    Zambia‚ Tajikistan‚ Guatemala‚ which is the better country to live in? There are 196 independent countries in the world. Some more economically developed than others‚ meaning that some have greater amount of wealth and a higher standard of living. Economic development can be used to differentiate the countries that are richer than others and often wealth goes together with security‚ health and general well-being. Wealth and development is usually measured so-called Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

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    Death Toll from a Earthquake!! Number of Earthquakes Worldwide for 2000 - 2012 Located by the US Geological Survey National Earthquake Information Center (M4.5+ for most of the world; doesn’t include US regional network contributions) Magnitude 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 8.0 to 9.9 1 1 0 1 2 1 2 4 0 1 1 1 2 7.0 to 7.9 14 15 13 14 14 10 9 14 12 16 23 19 12 6.0 to 6.9 146 121 127 140 141 140

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    E A R T H Q U A K E S U R V I V A L Move next to a solid object Position yourself next to a sofa‚ a car or another large bulky object that may compress slightly but will still leave a safe void next to it. If you are in bed‚ roll off. Assume the fetal position Putting yourself into the fetal position‚ as cats‚ dogs and children naturally tend to do‚ will enable you to survive in a smaller void. This is a natural survival instinct. Try bending your head so as to keep it lower than

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    Hazards of Unsafe Driving Driving in and of itself is unsafe in its nature. The only thing keeping you connected to the ground is just four small patches of rubber. That is exactly why we should not take more risks while driving. Sure it may seem like you have layer of steel protecting you‚ but when you look at it‚ there is really not a lot between you and the ground when your going 50 miles an hour. The hazards of not following the rules of the road can be devastating. Not only can unsafe driving

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    Cause and effect of earthquakes The ground trembles‚ shakes and growls. Pictures that were once hanging so beautifully on the wall smash to the ground exploding into glittery slivers of broken glass‚ roadways break apart‚ engulfing whatever was in its path‚ never to be seen again. For many‚ this would seem to be the makings of a fictional horror movie created by Hollywood with intent to frighten a person and to play with ones senses. For those who live in the areas depicted by film‚ this is

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    Prediction Why didn’t scientists know about the faults that caused the two earthquakes? Prior to September 4th‚ there were no surface signs of the Greendale Fault or the fault that generated the Lyttelton aftershock and there was no evidence for seismicity on these faults (i.e. ‘foreshocks’). Seismic surveys have located some ‘hidden’ faults across parts of the Canterbury Plains‚ but these particular regions had not been surveyed for this purpose. An oil-gas seismic survey had been carried out

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    Introduction Demographic features of fertility‚ mortality‚ migration‚ marriage and social mobility can impact on development of the society. Development is undisputedly a multi- dimensional and multi-faceted concept which influences and influenced by a varied host of factors and demographic features. The term ‘‘demographic features’’ spring from demography which means the study of human population‚ including their size‚ composition‚ distribution‚ densities‚ growth and other characteristics as well

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    Pros and cons of depend on tourism Today‚ many people spend almost all of their money on traveling around the world. Their expenditure makes a big income for many countries such as Caribbean‚ Egypt or Thailand. This is advantageous to the countriesdevelopment; otherwise‚ tourism is impacting on these countries. Environmental pollution‚ destruction of monuments and dilution of culture are some problems that these countries’ government must solve if they depend solely on tourism revenues.

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    Discuss to What Extent Psychology Can Be Considered a Science. According to Merriam Webster (2008)‚ science is a‚ “knowledge or a system of knowledge covering general laws especially as obtained and tested through scientific method”‚ with scientific method in five steps being‚ “observation/research‚ hypothesis‚ prediction‚ experimentation and conclusion.” (sciencemadesimple.com‚ 2006). With this to consider‚ is psychology a science and if so‚ to what extent. It would be fair to say that psychology

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