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Table 4
Sumi Cha, Eric Mason, Joana Espinoza, & Stacey
Cherukara
By Sumi Cha
Cheonjiyeon is a waterfall located on Jeju
Island in the country of South Korea. The
meaning of Cheonjiyeon is a waterfall
connecting the sky (Ch'eon) and land (ji). It
attracts many tourists . Cheonjiyeon is one
of the three most famous waterfalls on Jeju
Island.
By Eric Manson
My country of
ancestry is Puerto
Rico. There is an
extensive cave system
throughout the
island. Here is a
picture of the mouth
of the caves in
Camuy, Puerto Rico.
Ecuador
By Joana Espinoza
Chimbarazo volcano: The highest volcano on earth.
By Stacy Cherukara
 The Himalayas are known to be one of the highest mountain systems in
the world, also one of the youngest mountain ranges.
 It extends for about 2500 km and covers about 500,000 sq. km.
 It contains the world’s highest peak- Everest and about ten peaks rising
above 7,500 meters.
 The Himalayas have risen as a result of a collision between the drifting
of the Indian plate and the Tibetan plate of South Asia about 50
MILLION years ago.
By Sumi Cha
Earthquakes are very common in Los Angeles, CA. I went to LA for
the first time in the summer of 2009. While I was there, I
experienced something I’ve never in my life experienced, an
earthquake. It wasn’t a big one, but it seemed like it to me. People in
LA seem to be fine with it, like it happens everyday. Experiencing an
earthquake to me was something completely new .
By Eric Manson
While me and my family were in Puerto Rico we experience rising levels of
water in the ocean first hand. We stayed on a hotel on the beach with a bar
and when we came back the next year the water level was directly up to the
bar and most of the beach was gone.
By Joana Espinoza
Earthquake’s are some
what common in Las Vegas
Nevada. I did not
experience the earthquake
but my mom went to
celebrate her anniversary
about a year ago, and there
was a minor earth quake.
Although it was minor
earthquakes can still be
very dangerous.
By Stacy Cherukara
The Himalayan Frontal arc is
one of the most active regions
of the world. The peninsular
shield of India has generated
some remarkable earthquakes.
Earthquakes are caused by two
major reasons. First is the
eruption of volcanoes which are
sudden and can affect the
plates which is the second
cause of earthquakes.
Earthquakes are caused due to
disturbance in the movement
of plates, which again can be
caused due to various reasons
like under crust waves or cracks
in the plates.
By Sumi Cha
Kobe: NEFA Fire Investigation Report by National Fire Protection Association
“On Tuesday, January 17, 1995, at 5:46 a.m., a 20-second earthquake measuring
6.8 on the Richter Scale occurred near the Japanese port of Kobe. The quake,
which was an order of magnitude larger than the Northridge Earthquake in
January 1994, killed more than 6,000 people, injured at least 30,000, and left
more than 300,000 people homeless. More than 100,000 buildings were severely
damaged or destroyed by the quake and the fires it caused. 148 separate fires
destroyed 6,513 buildings and an area of 624,671 m2 (0.24 sq mi). The total dollar
loss, including damage to buildings, transportation systems, and other portions
of the infrastructure, has been estimated between ¥13 trillion and ¥20 trillion
(U.S. $147 billion and U.S. $200 billion).”
By Eric Manson
As water levels rise it may not be as apparent to people in a city like
Chicago but in Puerto Rico where people live so close to the ocean the
signs of global warming causing water levels to rise is something many
people are concerned about and is affecting the global community
directly since we all live on this planet.
Effect of Earthquakes
Earthquakes affect
everyone around the
world. They destroy
homes and lakes etc.
Many people also lose
family members during
an earthquake.
By Joana Espinoza
Earthquakes –Effect on the world
By Stacy Cherukara
Various damaging effects to the areas they act upon. Damage to buildings,
bridges. And dams produced by the rumbling of the earthquakes. Loss of
human lives and often displacement of homes. Triggering land slides,
producing floods, tsunamis, tidal waves, fires, broken gas lines and spills of
hazardous chemicals.