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    disasters that are possible will never affect them in their lifetime. It is impossible to tell when a plate movement will occur. Some people are willing to take the chance that there will be no problems will occur during their lifetime while others prefer to live in safer places. Also many people who have lived and grown up in such areas prefer to stay where they are and where their past is. If there is a volcano present at the site of the tectonic zone people may choose to stay because after the

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    Discuss the view that the impact of earthquake hazards depends primarily on human factors (40 marks) Earthquakes are an example of seismic activity caused by the build-up of tension at the three types of plate boundaries: destructive‚ constructive and conservative. The pressure is suddenly released as the plates jerk past each other‚ sending out seismic waves from the focus that travel through different parts of the earth. The movement of convection currents within the Earth’s mantle causing the

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    Sometimes‚ humans make mistakes‚ some are small but never the less they are still mistake. It is a part of having humanity‚ along with learning from those mistake and taking that knowledge learned and applying it. Although not all of humankind may understand that concept‚ it is a big part of being human. Humanity is the qualities that make us human‚ like having the ability to love‚ have compassion‚ be creative‚ and not be a robot‚ or alien. In the novel‚ Frankenstein written by English author Mary

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    and morals change to different extents. The society around us has the power to tempt individuals; Faust and Mr. Kurtz set out on paths seek a certain desire‚ but these temptations stand like trees in their paths and seem to find no way to go around them. Faust’s one desire was to seek out to gain more knowledge out of life‚ and so he makes a pact with the devil or the “baron”‚mestopheles and faust sets out from the long years in his study with mestopheles to seek and fulfill this desire in the outside

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    Essay Nature‚ in its core function‚ is the cause and effect relationship offered to things with "ascertainable objectivity"‚ happening without cause. From this we can easily conclude that the state of the nature of something that something being an object with “thing-hood”‚ as humorously described in class is its beginning purpose and generality. There are a few debatable definitions of nature‚ which at first glance are very similar. On hand‚ we have nature that is described as

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    The English term "natural history" is a translation of the Latin historia naturalis. Its meaning has narrowed progressively with time‚ while the meaning of the related term "nature" has widened (see also History below). In antiquity‚ it covered essentially anything connected with nature or which used materials drawn from nature. For example‚ Pliny the Elder’s encyclopedia of this title‚ published circa 77 to 79 AD‚ covers astronomy‚ geography‚ man and his technology‚ medicine and superstition as well

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    Good morning everyone‚ my name is XX. Today I’d like to look at the question of whether do genes determine our behavior and personality. Most people would agree that genes play a role in human growth‚ your genes will follow your parents’ genes. It is mean that you hair‚ eyes‚ skin color and look like you parents. Just like all of us here in this classroom‚ do you have another idea? I want to take a moment to go around the room and ask your idea. . . . .Yes . . .and how about you? . . .Yes . . .

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    What is nurture vs. nature? According to dictionary.com the definition of nurture is to support and encourage‚ as during the period of training or development; foster; and nature means the material world‚ especially as surrounding humankinds and existing independently of human activities. When you first hear the word nurture what’s the first thing that comes to mind? This word can mean a lot of things when you observe the definition of this word. While reading different articles they all seem to

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    Managing the earthquake hazard Homework 07/03/15 Mitigation: Modify the event 1. How realistic is the control of the physical earthquake event? Control of the earthquake event itself and physical variables such as the location of the epicentre‚ depth of the focus‚ foundation material ie rock type‚ duration of shaking and time of day is not a realistic form of management. Earthquakes caused by humans on the other hand such as those resulting from dam destruction can be managed by considering

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    Introduction: Briefly answer the question asked: “Why do similar kinds of hazards have different impacts in different places?” Talk about the risk vulnerability quadrant. Talk about the risk equation and how it will link to the question. P1: Point: Economic situation of the country affected by the disaster - Lots of money = better health cares to treat affected people. Little money = little spent to rebuild‚ plan‚ prepare‚ predict hazards so impact is greater. Explain: If they have more money than they

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