<u>ANSWER:</u>
The answer is A. If the structure of a building is built with earthquake-resistant materials, it does not affect the amount of destruction caused by earthquake vibrations.
<u>EXPLANATION:</u>
- Especially in the countries that are prone to an earthquake, houses and building should be carefully planned and built in order to withstand an earthquake.
- The bricks should be held in place with the right mortar. Also, the base of the building should be made stronger rather than the top floors.
- Steel-framed buildings and good pillared buildings also tend to survive powerful quakes and vibrations.
A. Silt is no longer carried down river.
The PERIMETER of the equator cycle is about 40,000Km. The Greenwich cycle is a bit shorter as the earth is a bit an ellipsoid. About 37,000Km by Google Maps. The distance on the envelope between ANY antipodes (=opposite points on the axis, I won't use "diameter" to avoid confusion) is HALF the perimeter (If you walk the whole perimeter long, you'd get to the same point, of course). The distance through Earth is
D=P/Pi=37,000Km/Pi=about11777Km
