Shake Shake, Shake Shake, Shake It!

Number 1-

1. What is the article name? Shake It All About
2. Who is the author? n/a
3. Who is the publisher? The Economist
4. Which Earth Science does it fall under? Geology
5. What are 3 things you learned from this article? Laptops can detect earthquakes, If you drop your laptop, a chip built into it will sense the acceleration and protect the delicate moving parts of its hard disk before it hits the ground, and Seismometers are large, expensive beasts, costing $10,000 or more apiece
6. What are 2 things that you found interesting about this article? The iPhone uses such a chip to detect its orientation so that it can rotate its display and thus make it easily readable, and an accelerometer chip in a laptop is not very useful for earthquake detection, cause it cannot distinguish between a earthquake and all sorts of other vibrations.
7. What is 1 question that you still have about the topic after reading this article? When will this idea be made more public.

Number 2-

1. What is the article name? Storm system drenches North Carolina coast
2. Who is the author? By Sam Scott & Dave Reynolds
3. Who is the publisher? Star News Online
4. Which Earth Science does it fall under? Meteorology and Oceanography
5. What are 3 things you learned from this article? Flooding led the Carolina Beach police and fire departments to close two roads in the town’s north end, Winds reached up to 60 mph, Much flooding occured.
6. What are 2 things that you found interesting about this article? 2 surfers surfed the waves while the storm was going on, people stayed in the town during the shores
7. What is 1 question that you still have about the topic after reading this article? Did the storm do tons and tons of damage?

mucho love, madeline

Aloha Mauna Loa

Mauna Loa Volcano, 19.48°N 155.61°W, Summit Elevation 13681 ft.

This Volcano is located in the amazing state of Hawaii.

Mauna Loa is not erupting. Slow extension, as measured by GPS receivers on opposite sides of the volcano, continued.

mucho love, maddie

Watery Disasters!

1. Which two articles did you read?

Earthquake hits Japan and Indonesia, but no Tsunami; Hurricane Ike pushes sea onto Texas island

2. What is the first article about?

How 2 separate earthquakes hit off the coasts of Japan and Indonesia, but neither produced damaging waves, and there were no reports of damages.

3. What is the second article about?

Flood waters that came onto an
island, and could possibly flood many homes, causing death.

4. Which disaster was more disastrous?

The flood waters.

5. Compare and contrast the two disasters.

They both are aqueous natural disasters that can become very dangerous. The first article included earthquakes that didn't cause tsunamis, and the second article had to do with flooding.

mucho love, maddie

Some Amazing Questions!

1. Where do most of the earthquakes tend to happen?

Most earthquakes occur along the edge of the oceanic and continental plates.

2. Why do you think that is?

This is because the plates occur along fault lines, and fault lines are where earthquakes start.

3. What is this area called?

Along the Pacific Ocean

4. Where is the earthquake closest to North Carolina?

Southeastern Missouri

5. Choose one earthquake that has happened in the last seven days. You will be researching that earthquake. Tell me all about it. Include at least one picture.

An earthquake in Northeasters Iran.

It has a magnitude of 5.0.

It is 50 km (30 miles) SE of Naxcivan (Nakhichevan) Azerbaijan,

75 km (45 miles) ENE of Khvoy, Iran,

80 km (50 miles) S of Angeghakot, Armenia, and

390 km (245 miles) WSW of BAKU, Azerbaijan.

Its location is 38.874°N, 45.778°E.

mucho love, maddie

A Real Mass Movement

A mudflow is a mass of saturated rock particles of all sizes. This type of landslide is caused by a sudden flood of water from a cloudburst. The flood waters carry the soil and rocks from a large slope area and washes them to a gulch or canyon. Then the water and debris move down the canyon and spread out on the gentle slopes below. Mudflows can be really fast because of the high water content, and quite damaging to an area. They are caused by earthquakes, rapid melting of snow, and volcanic activity. Mudflows are dangerous mass movements, and hard to avoid because of beautiful mother nature.

mucho love, maddie