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The earthquake map was a fairly good outline of the plates on its own. I think it would make a fair substitute for the plate boundaries if we didn’t have that information. What part of the pacific plate was confusing? The map we were given doesn’t show every plate on Earth, as it would probably get too crowded, so looking at a more complete map…[Read more]

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a. Volcanoes are not present in all boundaries.

b. The volcanoes occur in somewhat of a linear pattern. However, there are also some clusters of volcanoes. Volcanoes also tend to occur at the edge of the boundary instead of in the middle. They also occur usually only on 1 side of the boundary. They tend to also go towards land rather than a…[Read more]

1) Volcanoes are not present at all boundaries. There are volcanoes outside of plate boundaries. Along the west coast in North America, volcanoes occur in a linear pattern, along the Pacific plate boundary. Volcanoes are a bit more clustered on the Nazca and South American plate boundary. There are no discernible patterns of volcanoes not on top…[Read more]

I found the map of the earthquakes pretty interesting. I thought it seemed accurate the way that they faintly outlined the plates almost perfectly. I was surprised by the heavy concentration of earthquakes in areas such as Alaska and Europe. I thought the map of the seafloor age was a good representation of the involvement of plate tectonics.…[Read more]

1. I would say that volcanoes do not occur at ALL plate boundaries but some.

Volcanoes can occur at plate boundaries (like the trail between the North American and Pacific Plate), however, they can also occur within plates (such as those within the Pacific Plate). They also can occur in a combination of clustered (boundary of North American and…[Read more]

Here are my observations. They might be a bit long-winded. I can cut them down if needed.

1. a. Volcanoes are not present at all boundaries. b. The majority of volcanoes at contintental plate boundaries trend towards following the edge of the landmass, and most of the volcanoes move further inland rather than outwards to the ocean, as is seen at…[Read more]

Hi Jonathan, interesting view on the melting of snow. I specially observed this while trying to get into a car that was surrounded by snow on the side walk. I stepped on the snow and saw how fluffy was on top but the bottom was completely rock-hard ice. I think layers of ice are made as more snow falls which will also prove your conclusion and…[Read more]

Interesting analogy Emily. I really pictured the air particles in between the snow that makes it fluffy. Besides the amount of air leaving inside the snow particles making it less fluffy, did you consider the decrease in temperature that we experience after the storm? While the storm occurs and the snow falls and piles up into a fluffy malleable…[Read more]

Hi Yussef, your topic on polar vortexes are new to me, as this is the first time I’ve heard about it so hearing about this is pretty interesting to me. I liked the way that you researched this topic and came to a reasonable conclusion based off your research. Also, like Dahlia mentioned, raising up the issue of climate change and how that could…[Read more]

I went to the store to do some grocery shopping and two days later as I was going to make some veggie stew, I realized that my eggplant and mushrooms had developed some green mold on them which hasn’t happened before. Why did my mushrooms and eggplant develop green mold after two days of being purchased? Looking through my fridge I didn’t not…[Read more]

Hi Jonathan, I was curious about this as well! Reading your conclusion, I would agree with you as well that bigger piles of snow are more difficult to melt, even if the outside temperature is above freezing point. I consider the dense piles of snow to be the pretty conclusive evidence  that those would talk much longer to melt compared to just a…[Read more]

A week ago, the weather forecast predicted an incoming snowstorm and it did occur. The day that the snow fell, it felt really soft, enough for children to play with and not get hurt. However, I noticed that a couple days later, after all the snow settled and piled up along the sidewalks, the snow was not as soft anymore. It became hard and it…[Read more]

While I don’t have any kind of similar population where I am, I can imagine that many people in one place would create traffic problems regardless of the kinds of services they were trying to get to. If you can’t make larger parking lots because of the dense urban planning then there will be plenty of traffic issues with that too. I think you have…[Read more]

Your hypothesis about the mechanism to make these potholes seems very accurate! It aligns with what I would assume to be the cause of those potholes as well. If you wanted to expand on this thought, it might be a good idea to consider what materials your roads are built on top of, and if that material is susceptible to erosion or is otherwise more…[Read more]

Hi Yussef,

I think your question is very interesting because I also was wondering the same thing. I remember last year we barely got any snow and I was wondering what changed this year. I never did any research on polar vortexes, however I believe that your conclusion is very valid and is a good explanation for the increase of snow this year.

Hi Jonathan. Very good question and excellent research! I also agree to that, snowflakes are agglomerates of many snow crystals. Most snowflakes are less than one-half inch across. Under certain conditions, usually requiring near-freezing temperatures, light winds, and unstable, convective atmospheric conditions, much larger and irregular flakes…[Read more]

Hey Yussef. Very interesting research with so much information. I also agree, many times during winter in the northern hemisphere, the polar vortex will expand, sending cold air southward with the jet stream . This occurs fairly regularly during wintertime and is often associated with large outbreaks of Arctic air in the United States