Thursday, June 7, 2007

Class Respones 2 (Trimester 2)

What we learned most recently was the topic of Earthquakes. Earthquakes are the result of a sudden release of stored energy in the Earth's crust that create seismic energy. At the Earth's surface earthquakes show themselves or appear by shaking or displacing the ground and sometimes, depending on the scale of the earthquake, can create a tsunami which leads to loss of property and life. Earthquakes are caused by tectonic plates getting stuck and almost like rubbing together putting a strain on the ground. Earthquakes can occur naturally or because of human causes, like mine blasting or nuclear testing. The word earthquake is usually used to describe all events with seismic activity, whether natural or caused by humans. Since earthquakes could be caused by either a natural phenomenon or human activity so it might be hard to tell if we or the earth caused it, so the info we have learned about earthquakes always points to danger so under all circumstances we should be more conscious about what we do in the earth, be safe really.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/earthq1/how.html

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