By: Jarred Beckley 7Alpha

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EARTHQUAKES
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What is an earthquake?

• Earthquakes are the Earth's natural means of
  releasing stress. When the Earth's plates move
  against each other, stress is put on the
  lithosphere. When this stress is great enough,
  the lithosphere breaks or shift.

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Where do they occur most often? Why?

• THE RING OF FIRE

• Earthquakes happen around the ring of fire. Also
  earthquakes happen in the Virgin Islands. The
  ring of fire is made up of different plates.
  Like the pacific plate, Philippine plate, north
  American plate, Cocos plate, and the Nazcs plate.
  Earthquakes can happen in California but not as
  recent as Alaska. Alaska has an earthquake almost
  everyday which is pretty amazing. The reason is
  stress between to tectonic plates release that
  stress and the plates shift.

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Effects on peopls lives.

• Earthquakes play a role in peoples lives.
  Earthquakes can destroy your homes, cars, jobs/
  businesses, ect. Also earthquakes can kill people
  by how the structure collapses them. Around 67
  of people are killed by earthquakes.

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Emergency Response Plan

• Emergency response plans for earthquakes can be
  every serious. You should have a medical pack
  ready cause you never can tell when an earthquake
  will appear. In these picture you can see
  various items for an earthquake. You can have
  more also. When an earthquake happens you
  should go underneath something like a table
  something big. So you should have an emergency
  response plan ready for an earthquake.

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Here are some more pictures of Earthquakes.
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Jarred Beckley 7 Alpha 11/18/08 Letter to
President Dear Mr. President In my research I
have found interesting facts about earthquakes
and volcanoes. In this letter I will tell you
about those facts. Also I will answer your
questions you might have. I have also found some
scientific discoveries you need to know
about. Earthquakes can occur in different
regions through out the world. These areas
include places such as Alaska, Virgin Islands,
Russia, and Japan. Earthquakes also occur near
bodies of water and in isolated regions. As you
can see earthquakes can happen all over the
world. To determine what parts of the world are
prone to earthquakes one must look into the
history of the country to see how many
earthquakes that country has had. The more
earthquakes they had the more likely they will
have more earthquakes in the future. You could
also invent some new technology to determine what
parts of the world are most prone to earthquakes.
Those are some ways to determine what parts of
the world are most prone to earthquakes. There
is a relationship between earthquakes and
volcanoes. There are several relationships
between volcanoes and earthquakes. One
relationship is that they are deadly and can
cause million dollars in damage. Another reason
is small islands could be destroyed because
earthquakes can cause volcanoes or vise versa.
As you can see earthquakes and volcanoes can be
related in some ways. Earthquakes can be caused
by an eruption of volcanoes, or if an earthquake
has a greater magnitude then it could cause
another earthquake in other areas. Also
earthquakes can be caused by movements of
tectonic plates. There are different kinds plate
boundaries like divergent, convergent, and
transform boundaries. That is what could cause
earthquakes. Thanks for choosing me to do this
assignment. I hope I answered your questions and
that is what you are looking for. Thanks for
this great opportunity. Thanks for your time to
sit down and read this letter. Thank you very
much. Sincerely Jarred Beckley
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Conclusion

• I have found some interesting facts as you can
  see in my power point. Earthquakes can happen
  all over the world. You should all was have an
  emergency response plan. Earthquakes have a big
  roll in peoples lives. Earthquakes can be every
  deadly. If you hear about an earthquake listen to
  the news cause you could help those people in
  need. Also the earthquake could be near your
  state. Always that natural disasters serious
  cause that could be you someday.

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THE END

• This power point was made by
• Jarred B.