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SOCIAL STUDIES, *eruptions, cyclones tornadoes, earthquakes etc - Coggle…
SOCIAL STUDIES
WHAT'S THE RICHTER SCALE?
motion along this fault in the past pulled Baja California away from the coast
creating the GULF OF CALIFORNIA
by the motion of the COCO'S plate, it is created a mountain ranges of southern Mexico
SCALES
MERCALLI
MEASURES
THE INTENSITY OF AN EARTHQUAKE
RITCHER
MEASURES
THE MAGNITUDE
OF AN EARTHQUAKE
MEXICO IS THE MOST SEISMOLOGICALLY ACTIVE
IS SOMEBODY FOLLOWING MY TRACK?
GPS
STANDS FOR " GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM"
militars, scientists, fishermen, geographers use GPS
is a tool that tells you where you are by pointing out your location on Earth.
can help with seismometers, doing the same as seismometers but faster
a seismometer is a tool that measures how much the ground shakes
HOW DO NATURAL DISASTERS OCCUR IN MEXICO?
NATURAL HAZARD IS A PHYSICAL EVENT
NATURAL DISASTER IS THE CONSEQUENCE OF RHE COMBINATION OF A NATURAL HAZARD AND HUMAN ACTIVITIES
Mexico has been damaged several times by a earthquake but in 1985 an earthquake of a big scale happened
*eruptions, cyclones tornadoes, earthquakes etc