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Summary:
A Natural Disaster is a disaster that is from nature. They can occur in the atmosphere (air), or on the ground. Storms in the U.S usually occur in places where warm, moist air and cold air meet. This is because that a lot of the storms in the U.S (Hurricanes, Tornadoes, Blizzards, etc.) form by warm, moist air, meeting cold air. The Western part of the U.S is not prone to these storms, since there are a lot of mountains there, which makes it difficult for the storms to form. The places prone to storms (East Coast to the Midwestern States) do not have mountains, which allows the storm to form.
Other disasters, such as earthquakes and wildfires, usually occur in the West states of the U.S These states are prone to wildfires because there is a lot of vegetation which makes the wildfires easier to spread, hot climate, which provides heat to the wildfire and helps it grow, and human-environment interaction. These states are also prone to earthquakes, because the West has a lot of faults, which is one source of the earthquakes, and the West Part of the North American Plate is pushing against the Pacific Plate, which can also create an earthquake if the two plates release.
SP8: Obtain, Evaluate and Communicate Information:
This week, I obtained data for my research by going on provided resources for natural disasters and going on the internet. I also obtained some data from using background knowledge I had from the Plate Tectonics Unit. I communicated obtained information by discussing the data of the research with my team and changing some of the answers as we were discussing our data. We evaluated the validity of our research by discussing it, checking the answers with the teacher, and going on a few sites (last updated 2013-2015) to see if they were all the same answer.
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