The biome that is characterized bylow temperatures, permafrost, and little precipitation is the tundra. 2) Thelatitude is the factor that explains why tundra biomes remain cold year round but taiga biomes have alternating warm and cold seasons.
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Ans.1. If you are indoors, drop and take cover under a sturdy table or other furniture. Hold on to it and stay put until the shaking stops.
Stay clear of items that can fall and injure you, such as windows, fireplaces and heavy furniture.
Stay inside. You may be injured by breaking glass and falling objects if you run outside.
If you are at the coast, walk to higher ground away from the ocean as soon as it is safe for you to move.
If you are driving, move your car as far out of the normal traffic pattern as possible and stop if it is safe. Stay away from structures or objects that could fall on you, such as bridges, overpasses, light posts, power lines or trees. Stay inside your car.
If you are in the mountains, or near unstable slopes, be alert for falling rocks, trees or landslides that could be loosened by the earthquake.
Ans.2.Rural/Urban area: Rural areas have fewer people and fewer buildings so the size of the disaster is smaller. Distance from the epicentre: The closer a town or city is from the epicentre the more damage will be caused because of the strong seismic waves.
Ans. 3 There are three basic types of seismic waves – P-waves, S-waves and surface waves. P-waves and S-waves are sometimes collectively called body waves.
To sum it up while using the words needed, the greenhouse effect is heat and energy get trapped in the earth’s atmosphere and cause the temperature to rise and damages life on earth.
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They constructed their buildings out of adobe because the resources needed to make it were abundant in the location as well as the fact that adobe houses were very strong. the walls were very thick allowed for cool summers and warm winters.
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(1) matches with (A)
(2) matches with (E)
(3) matches with (D)
(4) matches with (B)
(5) matches with (C)
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(1) Notice that the statement talks about migration (movement of people between places), and the ‘‘regular basis’’ gives us the hint for ‘‘cyclical’’.
(2) By definition demography is the study of population. The origin of the word is Greek: ‘‘demos’’ means ‘‘the people’’ and ‘‘-graphy’’ stands for ‘‘description or measurement’’.
(3) Notice that here we are talking about a ratio: woman/children.
(4) Another ratio.
(5) This a typical phenomenon associated with wars and catastrophes. When large amounts of persons leave their original countries looking for safety.
