Heat Wave of 1980 - Summer of 1980

Dust Bowl - Early 1930's

Hurricane Katrina - Aug. 29, 2005

Tri-State Tornado - March 18, 1925

GlaciersGlaciers• Lewis Glacier, North Cascades, Washington in 1992 after melting away in 1990, there is only scattered snowpatches and no glacier ice left.

• Melting of Glaciers causes a rise in the sea level.

• The rise changes the environment for example of eroding of mountains.

Mt. Hood Oregon August 1984

Mt. Hood Oregon late summer 2002

• Notice the changes in the mountains minus the fact of the ice melting away.

Global warming has caused the Sea Level to change which is represented on this graph.

EarthquakesEarthquakes

• This energy can be generated by a sudden dislocation of segments of the crust, by a volcanic eruption, or event by manmade explosions.

• During the 1964 Alaskan earthquake, tsunamis engulfing coastal areas caused most of the destruction at Kodiak, Cordova, and Seward and caused severe damage along the west coast of North America, particularly at Crescent City, California. Some waves raced across the ocean to the coasts of Japan.

Results of earthquakes...Results of earthquakes...

The earthquake caused the railroad to shift.

TEKsTEKs

113.5.b.4 - Geography. ◦ (A) describe and explain variations in the physical environment

including climate, landforms, natural resources, and natural hazards;

◦ (B) compare how people in different communities adapt to or modify the physical environment;

◦ (C) describe the effects of physical and human processes in shaping the landscape; and

◦ (D) identify and compare the human characteristics of selected regions.

……more TEKsmore TEKs

113.5.b.9 - Reading/comprehension. › A) use prior knowledge to anticipate meaning and make sense of

texts (K-3); › (B) establish purposes for reading and listening such as to be

informed, to follow directions, and to be entertained (K-3); › (E) draw and discuss visual images based on text descriptions

(1-3); › (F) make and explain inferences from texts such as determining

important ideas, causes and effects, making predictions, and drawing conclusions (1-3);

112.5.b.6 - Science concepts. ◦ (B) identify that the surface of the Earth can be changed by

forces such as earthquakes and glaciers.

Works CitedWorks Cited Effects of Global Warming ◦ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_global_warming#Sea_level_rise

The graph on the Sea Level changes over time.

World View of Global Warming◦ http://www.worldviewofglobalwarming.org/pages/glaciers.html

Pictures on the melting of glaciers, before and after

pictures.

North Cascade Glacier Climate Project◦ www.nichols.edu/departments/glacier/ Information on Glaciers and how it effects the rise

in sea level.

United States Search and Rescue Task Force◦ http://www.ussartf.org/earthquakes.htm Information about earthquakes.

How Stuff Works◦ http://science.howstuffworks.com/earthquake.htm/printable Information about how earthquakes happen, with

great pictures of the destruction.

USGS General Interest Publications◦ http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/earthq1/how.html Information about earthquakes, about where they

occur, how to measure, predicting and etc.