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EOSC 114 Reading Assignment, Summer 2020: Earthquakes Student ID:___________________ Introduction and Learning Goals Why reading assignments in this course? Good question – please read the documen... ts posted on Canvas called “Homework: Introduction” and “Homework: Reading Assignment”. You can access these from HOME >> Homework. Today’s reading is a Pulitzer Prize winning article “The Really Big One” by Kathryn Schulz, published in the New Yorker July 20, 2015. Access the article at https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/07/20/the-really-big-one . It is fairly long but very “easy” to read. Completing this Reading Assignment will help you improve your abilities to: 1. Identify hazards to communities in North America’s Pacific Northwest that are caused by earthquakes. 2. Relate those specific hazards to corresponding geological processes. 3. Judge the importance and costs of mitigation strategies based on the likelihood of anticipated consequences. 4. Characterize a scientific reading in terms of its type, reliability of sources of article and the author(s)’ intent. 5. Characterize the claims made by authors in terms of arguments and various types of supporting evidence [Show More]
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