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EOSC114 Homework, Winter 2018: Earthquakes Student ID:___________________ Introduction: Today’s reading is a Pulitzer Prize winning article published in the New Yorker July 20, 2015. The online v... ersion is at http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/07/20/the-really-big-one. Goals: Completing this assignment will help you improved your abilities to: 1. Identify hazards to communities in North America’s Pacific North West that are caused by earthquakes. 2. Relate those specific hazards to corresponding geological processes. 3. Make judgements about the importance and costs of various mitigation strategies based on the likelihood of anticipated consequences of earthquakes and tsunami in Cascadia. 4. Characterize a scientific reading in terms of the type of article, the authors’ intent and the type and reliability of their sources. 5. Distinguish between the claims made in this article, arguments with which authors support these claims and evidence cited by authors supporting these arguments. Regarding older versions of eosc114 exercises: This homework exercise AND its online data entry questions are different from earlier versions of eosc114 homework. Instructions. REVIEW THESE CAREFULLY; DON’T MAKE GUESSES ABOUT YOUR TASKS These homework strategies enable meaningful learning tasks in very large classes. Also, recall this course has 1st yr students in non-science disciplines, 4th yr science students, and everyone in between. Previous experience shows that tasks may seem “easy” for some students, but will be challenging for others. 1. First skim all questions to find out what to expect, then read the article and complete the worksheet. 2. THEN, after you have completed the worksheet, go online to submit results within Connect. a. Time available for online submission is limited. Do the reading & worksheet BEFORE going online. b. Online questions are automatically gradable versions of SOME of these worksheet questions. c. Each student will get a different sub-set of questions. 3. THE MOST COMMON ERROR is not reading ONLINE questions carefully. Their order may differ from the work-sheet, answer options are randomized, AND each student gets a different subset of questions. Please work online carefully, with your worksheet beside you. 4. Note there may be one or more questions about this assignment in future tests, quizzes or exams. 5. Questions have checkboxes instead of numbers to avoid confusion with different numbering on Connect. Step 1, processes described by the article  What was the estimated cost of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake according to this article? Enter your value as a number without units - for example, $1 million should be entered as 1,000,000. 220,000,000,000  Roughly how long in minutes will shaking likely be felt for an earthquake with magnitude of approximately 8.7? Enter as a number representing minutes, with one decimal point and NO units. 3.0  What is the maximum magnitude predicted for the Cascadia Subduction Zone, or CSZ (enter as a value such as 5.6) [Show More]

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