The document defines and describes several natural phenomena including landslides, tsunamis, earthquakes, faults, and volcanic activity at tectonic plate boundaries. It also discusses the revolution and axial tilt of the Earth and provides details about the planets Mercury, Venus, and Earth.
The document defines and describes several natural phenomena including landslides, tsunamis, earthquakes, faults, and volcanic activity at tectonic plate boundaries. It also discusses the revolution and axial tilt of the Earth and provides details about the planets Mercury, Venus, and Earth.
The document defines and describes several natural phenomena including landslides, tsunamis, earthquakes, faults, and volcanic activity at tectonic plate boundaries. It also discusses the revolution and axial tilt of the Earth and provides details about the planets Mercury, Venus, and Earth.
The document defines and describes several natural phenomena including landslides, tsunamis, earthquakes, faults, and volcanic activity at tectonic plate boundaries. It also discusses the revolution and axial tilt of the Earth and provides details about the planets Mercury, Venus, and Earth.
a mass of rock, debris, or earth down a slope. Landslides are a type of "mass wasting," which denotes any down-slope movement of soil and rock under the direct influence of gravity. -Destruction of property means causing damage to the property of another or to property jointly owned by the perpetrator and another. Fire-a state, process, or instance of combustion in which fuel or other material is ignited and combined with oxygen, giving off light, heat, and flames. -Tsunamis are giant waves caused by earthquakes or volcanic eruptions under the sea. Out in the depths of the ocean, tsunami waves do not dramatically increase in height. But as the waves travel inland, they build up to higher and higher heights as the depth of the ocean decreases. -The focus is point inside the earth where the earthquake started, sometimes called the hypocenter, and the point on the surface of the earth directly above the focus is called the epicenter. -A fault is a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock. Faults allow the blocks to move relative to each other. Epicenter -The part of the earth's surface directly above the starting point of an earthquake -About 80% of earthquakes occur where plates are pushed together, called convergent boundaries. -Transform faults are found where plates slide past one another. -A divergent boundary occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other. Along these boundaries, earthquakes are common and magma (molten rock) rises from the Earth's mantle to the surface, solidifying to create new oceanic crust. -Revolution of the Earth The movement of the Earth around the sun in a fixed path is called a revolution. The Earth revolves from west to east, i.e., in the anticlockwise direction. The one revolution of the Earth around the Sun takes around one year or precisely 365 . 242 days. -Earth's axial tilt (also known as the obliquity of the ecliptic) is about 23.5 degrees. Due to this axial tilt, the sun shines on different latitudes at different angles throughout the year. This causes the seasons. Orbit; -Mercury- has no moons -Mercury is so close to the sun. The day tume temperature is scorching reaching over 400 degrees . -Mercury has no atmosphere means there is no wind or whether. -Mercury has no water or air on the surface -Venus-it is the brightest object in the sky besides the sun and moon. -It has no moon -Venus has more volcanoes than any other planets. -The hottest planet in the universe, hotter that mercury which is closer to the sun. 460 Celsius -Earth-differs from all the planets bcs it has such a wide diversity of life and intelligent beings. only been possible bcs of the earths atmosphere which has protected the earth and allow lide to flourish.