Please read all the requirement and answer all the question thoughtfully, and make it looks like a college student writing.
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For this section, you will be doing the Environmental Analysis activity on page 249 of your textbook, and answering questions 1-5. The Activity below is adapted from your textbook.
The National Snow & Ice Data Center monitors sea ice coverage and concentration. The Sea Ice Index is calculated from this coverage to assess the change in sea ice compared with the 30-year average.
Go to http://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index (Links to an external site.).
Answer the questions below.
Go to the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program’s Latest Earthquakes (Links to an external site.) map.
7. How many 2.5 or greater magnitude earthquakes have occurred in the continental U.S. in the last day? Note: You may want to count the earthquakes on the left hand side column to get an accurate count.
8. Where did the strongest of these earthquakes occur and what was its magnitude?
9. Using the Option settings, switch to 30 Days, Magnitude 4.5+ U.S.. How many 4.5 magnitude or greater earthquakes happened in the continental U.S. in the last 30 days? Where did they occur?
10. Using the Option settings, switch to 30 Days, Significant Worldwide and zoom out to the World. What can you say about the location where most of these earthquakes occur? Where did the two strongest of these earthquakes occur and what was their magnitude?
11. Zoom to Hawaii. How many significant earthquakes have occurred in Hawaii in the last 30 days? Hawaii is not located near a plate boundary. Why do you think it has experienced significant earthquakes in the last 30 days?
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