Chapter 1 - Philosophy
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5 steps of the scientific process
Observations Hypothesis Theory Predictions Law
When considering natural disasters, what two energy sources are possible?
Internal and External energy sources to the earth
Describe the qualitative scale for disasters and catastrophes
Local Disaster Regional Disaster - exceeds the region a city may occupy Regional Catastrophe - exceeds the region a city may occupy + many deaths Global Catastrophe
What year was there an earthquake in Mexico City?
1985
The earthquake in Tangshan China that killed likely 400,000 people occurred in what year?
1976
How many people died from the 2004 earthquake and tsunami?
230,000
Define Catastrophism
• The earth began as a molten ball • As the earth cooled rocks were thrown into mountains • Valleys were created from the great flood of Noah • No biological link between species