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Most tsunamis are caused by earthquakes. The rubbing between the subducting plate and the dominant plate is huge. This rubbing prevents a slow and steady rate of subduction and keeps the two plates from becoming "stuck". The stuck plates descend into the mantle causes a slow bend in the overriding plate. The result is a buildup of energy similar to the energy stored in a packed in spring. Energy can build up in the overriding plate over a long period of time. The overriding plate snaps back into a wild position. This motion is the cause of the tsunami.

POLINAS BLOG!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey everybody,
SO this is my last time blogging ever and ever and ever cuz next year im gonna be a high schooler and wont have to blog. So the weather outside is a high 82 and a low of 65 (courtesy to weather.com) and the earthquake activity is right here at http://earthquake.usgs.gov/ right now the most serious earthquake is happening on the Solomon Islands which is 5.1 magnitude on the Richter scale.

This sandwich looks scrumtrelecent. Sup, today is Monday the 18th, and Welton gave us a seven page packet and notes 2-3 to 2-5 due monday. And the chapter two test is Tuesday the 26th. the big earthquakes today were a 5.0 magnitude in the south Pacific Ocean, a 5.0 on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, and 3.7 and 3.8 on the Alaskan island of Kodiak. See ya.

Hey, its shayna.

Okay here's the weather for today, Sunday: 65 degrees fahrenheit, and its sunny, and its 33% humid, and the wind is coming from the southwest direction at 9 mph. The homework due monday was 2.1 packet, 2.1 vocab cards, and 2.2 RNV. There have been about 900 earthquakes in the past week in the United States. So that's kinda a lot but they clearly haven't been very noticeable. I hope you have a good Sunday! --Shayna

POLINAS BLOG!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi this is Polina blogging,
I was supposed to blog yesterday, but was not able to because yesterday was Shabbat. So I am blogging today. HEre is the link to the earthquake info. The weather yesterday was a hi of 68 and a low of 49. The weather today is a hi 62 and a low of 48. For more weather info go to
http://www.weather.com .
SO I am packing for "the WIndy city" and am very excited.

this is the earthquake link

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/

Hi ya'll. This sandwich looks tasty. It is a miserable Monday Quatro de Mayo in KC. It was 69 degrees the whole day, and it was humid, but no rain. Slater and I played basketball with the 3rd graders at lunch. Today, Mr. Welton was on his Arizona trip with the sevies, so our substitute was Mr. Altshul. We all started cutting up and decorating our globes. Note: Do NOT use a scalpel to cut through styrofoam. Anyway, we got out of class five minutes early.  I looked on usgs.gov. Today there was a 5.2 magnitude earthquake in the Pacific Solomon Islands as well as a 5.9 later in the day, a 5.6 in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, a 5.3 in Miranda, Venezuala, a 4.6 in the Flores Sea by Indonesia, and a 4.2 in the Fox Islands in the Aluetian Island area in Alaska. The biggest earthquake of the week was a 6.2 in Guatamala. 

 A picture of the damage down by the Guatamalan earthquake

Jacob's Blog

Today in class we learned about sea floor spreading in a lecture and worked on a worksheet towards the end of class. Sorry Mr. Welton for us talking during class... The good news is that the weather has been improving and today has been sunny and nice.

Jacob Margolies

It's Avery!!

Hello. Today is Monday. The weather for today is....46 degrees fahrenheit, and it has rained. Last night it rained a lot, it was a storm, with thunder and lightning. The wind is coming from the north at 17 mph. It is 99% humid, the dew point is 46 degrees fahrenheit, and the pressure is 30.10 in. Today in class we had a lecture until we got in trouble and then we worked on our worksheet. Also, that picture is Pangaea, aka what it looked like when all the continents were connected. We got quite a lot of homework. We had 1.5 RNV, that worksheet, 2 1-page papers on 2 articles on plate tectonics from sciencedaily.com, you need supplies for tomorrow i think, and there is a test on Thursday. So you should study, because that's the ticket! :) According to usgs.gov, in the past week there has been 170 earthquakes. That's a lot! If you have not noticed, there has been no earthquakes in Kansas. So I think that's about it. Oh, also "that's what she wrote" is my new phrase. It's okay if you don't understand it, neither do i. Remember, that's the ticket- Avery.

Sarahs Blog again

So today is sunday....sorrry i was suppost to blog friday but when i got home after our car diego died shabbas had already started. So there was no time to blog because it was Shabbas. So today it was really overcast, i mean really overcast. The clouds dominated. Right now we are under a tornado warning or watch not sure but im scared. :o So anyways, according to the website (the one we had to look for earthquakes)
http://earthquake.usgs.gov
The Richter magnitude scale was developed in 1935 by Charles F. Richter of the California Institute of Technology as a mathematical device to compare the sizes of earthquakes.
Also according to the web site there have been 171 earthquakes today. WHAT A LOVELY FACT DONT YOU THINK?!!
Also i went to this J-serve community service thing today. I was very dissapointed to not see anyone from the class there! If you recall Mr. Welton last year you gave exrta credit for those who went. I think that i should so get extra credit. FYI it was very fun.
So peace out home dizzles for shizzles this has been a good blog. WORD.

POLINAS BLOG!!!!!!!!!!!

HI this is Polina Blogging,
THe weather right now is 72 degreees today.
Here is the link to the earthquake info, and ya
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/
so ya
Have a fun weekend.

Michael Blog

Hey its michael! Today was a great day to play out side. and it should be warm for the rest of the week. for homework we have the packet and 1.1 and 1.2 RNV.

Hey guys its Sam and today is the first day back at school, monday april 20. This sandwich above indeed looks appetizing. Anyway, today we did not get our tests back, but we were assigned a project in our new geology textbooks to make a scaled 3-d depiction of Earth' s crust, mantle and core. Today, groups of three were told to come up with a materials list, gameplan, and sketch for the project. I obviously did not do any drawing. I checked usgs.gov to look to the latest earthquake news and today there was a magnitude 4.7 off the coast of northern Japan bordering Russia, a magnitude 5.3 off the coast of South Korea and Japan, a magnitude 4.9 in Venezuala, a magnitude 5.5 in the Indonesian region of Banda Sea, and within the last hour there was a magnitude 5.4 earthquake that hit the South Pacific island of Tonga. The weather in Leawood is in the mid-sixties after a cold forty degreee start to the day. Now the sun is shining with scattered clouds as we are looking at no precipitation and 70 plus degree weather throughout the week. Cool beans, see you in two weeks. 

Damage done by a recent Japanese earthquake.

POLINAS BLOG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi this is Polina blogging. I was supposed to blog Saturday but could not because I did not have time. So I am blogging now. THe weather on Saturday was a high of 68 and a low of 42. We did have a test today. So I hope that everyone did ok. And we are right now on break so everyone Happy Passover!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's OBIE!!

hey everyone,

well today was our last day of school before spring break so NO HW!:)!

and yay we're on spring break YAY!!:)

k so today was really nice weather sunny and not too cold but not to hot so yay for that

i guess that's it happy passover peps

bye,

-obie

It's Jacob

Today we didn't have science class because of the drills or something so nothing to report about that. The weather today was cool just below 40˚ and it's going to be cold tomorrow so bring jackets. Also, we have the big science test tomorrow so study up. Good Luck!