Things You'll Need: water, cell phone, chair, small flashlight.
3) If you have no chance of getting out take shelter under a solid table and cover your head in between your knees while you are seating in a squatting position. If you have a flashlight that could help you to see what's around you or help others to find you when they come to rescue you. Also you can use your cell phone to communicate about your needs. Whether you need medical care or not, food, rescuing.
Always carry a bottle of water with you. It could save your life!
4) In case you didn't get a chance to get out of the building look to see which part of the building is collapsing and run toward the opposite way. Avoid going to the same direction that everyone else is going. This is the reason why so many people victim, they are following everyone else.
8. Read the descriptions of earthquake made by eyewitnesses and complete them.
Check your answers with keys. (page 101 )
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)
I live near Greensboro, North Carolina. I felt the earthquake today,
sitting at my desk on the second story of my house - my computer
monitor was vibrating from side to side so badly, I thought that my
washing machine in the ro
om next door had become seriously unbalanced. The only problem is,
of course, I am not using my washing machine right now! I guess this
is what it feels like to live in California.
I
t
took me a few minutes to put two and two together. Then I………
2) Reporting from Dahlgren, VA (about 50 miles south of DC): We were at the stadium. A very interesting match had been waiting when this horror began. We….
3
)
It began while I was driving. It was awful. I did not know what to
do. I looked for the safe place away from falling-object hazards. I
tried to stop the car and….
4
)
I used to live in Greece and in 1980, the year after I moved there,
we had a 6.8 earthquake. My first thought was that I'd overloaded
the washing machine. My second thought was to grab the kids and run
outside - very quickly! It's the only natural disaster that you
can't predict and, believe me, it's no laughing matter. I was on the
top of a 16 storey office building in Athens one year, and there was
a 7.0. We swayed from side to side - running down sixteen flights of
stairs to get out was not an option. Granted, a 5.8 is not that huge
but it's devastating if you're living in a country without the sort
of infrastructure designed to withstand even a minor quake. But I
knew what to do. I……
Test yourself
1. An earthquake's point of initial rupture1 is called its….
a) epicenter b) focus c) special point d) platform
2. ….. is the device that scientists use to measure earthquakes.
a) a focus b) a quake c) a seismograph d) engine
3. …… is where the plates separate and move apart.
a) platform b) divergent boundary c ) convergent boundary d) transform boundaries
4. ….. are locations where two plates slide past one another.
a) platform b) divergent boundary c ) convergent boundary d) transform boundaries
5. When….. occurs along the edges of the plates due to their natural shifting, an earthquake occurs.
a) friction b) shift c) movement d) edge
6. The earthquake begins deep within the Earth at a place called …
a) epicenter b) focus c) special point d) platform
7. The strength of a quake is measured according to
a) seismograph b) devices c) scale d) the Richter Intensity Scale
8. Earthquakes are dangerous natural…..
a) harm b) damage c) disasters d) stress
9. If you want to survive you must take some…
a) actions b) precautions c) work d) items
10. The area of the Earth’s surface directly above this point is known as…..
a) epicenter b) focus c) special point d) platform
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