Earthquake

1. What is Earthquake?
A: A sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust

2. Types of Earthquake.
A: Tectonic Earthquake - It occurs when the tectonic plates under the earth's crust collide.
     Volcanic Earthquake - It occurs when a volcano erupt and releases energy that move the earth's crust.
     Landslip - the sliding of a large mass of rock material or soil down the side of a mountain or cliff that
                    releases energy that can shake the ground.
3. Causes of Earthquake.
A: caused by faulting, a sudden lateral or vertical movement of rock along a rupture on a surface.

4. Differentiate focus and epicenter.
A: Focus is the earthquake's underground point of origin while epicenter is directly above the focus and it is what we feel.

5. Differentiate foreshock and aftershock.
A: The foreshock occurs before the earthquake while the aftershock occurs after the earthquake.

6. What is seismograph?
A: An instrument that measures and records details of earthquakes, such as force and duration.

7. Differentiate magnitude and intensity.
A: Magnitude is the energy released by an earthquake while intensity is the strength of the earthquake.

8. Differentiate Richter scale and Rossi Forel scale.
A: Richter scale measures the energy released by the earthquake or magnitude while the Rossi Forel scale measures the intensity of an earthquake.

9.Safety precaution before/during/after earthquake.
A: Before Earthquake
     - Place large or heavy objects on the lower shelves
     - Place the chemicals on the lower shelves to avoid chemical leaks.
     - Check the hanging objects if it is attached properly.
     - Prepare an earthquake kit.

     During Earthquake
     - Drop,cover and hold on.Get under a table or bench,hold on to one of the legs and close your eyes.
     - Get away from light post and trees.
     - Seek for an open field where you can protect yourself.

     After Earthquake
     - Be prepared for aftershocks.
     - Stay away from damaged buildings.
     - When inside a building, evacuate the building after the shaking stops.

ITCZ (Intertropical Convergence Zone)

1. What I did was to study about the ITCZ and other lessons that are connected about the ITCZ.

2. I learned that the ITCZ is known “doldrums” by sailors.

3. I can apply my learning to my daily life when watching weather forecast and said there is an ITCZ, I can prepare myself and my family if there is a chance that it can generate Tropical Depression.

Trivia:

-The ITCZ appears as a band of clouds, usually thunderstorms that circle the globe near the equator. 

-In the Northern Hemisphere, the trade winds move in a southwestern direction from the northeast, while in the Southern Hemisphere, they move northwestward from the southeast. 

-ITCZ can generate Tropical Depression.

-ITCZ brings convectional thunderstorms form and precipitation.

Tropical Depression

1. What I did was to study about the Tropical Depression and other things has connection with tropical depression.

2. I learned how to identify if there is tropical depression and identify them by their intensity.

• Tropical Depression - an organized system of clouds and thunderstorms with a defined, closed surface circulation and maximum sustained winds of less than 34 knots (39 mph). It has no eye.
• Tropical Storm - an organized system of strong thunderstorms with a defined surface circulation and maximum sustained winds between 34 knots (39 mph) and 64 knots (74 mph). The eye is not usually present.
• Hurricane or Typhoon - a system with sustained winds of at least 34 meters per second or 74 miles per hour (119 km/h). The eye is often visible and it is surrounded by eyewall.

3. I can apply my learning to my daily life when there is storm that I heard in weather forecast I can easily define if it is Tropical Depression, Tropical Storm or Hurricane/Typhoon. 

Tropical Depression

Energy Conservation Measures

1. My energy conservation measures are: unplugging appliances when not in use specially tv and chargers and turning off lights when not in use.

2. What i learned is to save energy so in the future earth's natural resources will not be depleted.

3. What I did is to save energy and save earth's natural resources.

4. I can apply my learning in saving energy and help my parents by reducing the bills.

5. I need to learn more about how energy is contributed to consumers, how energy is produced and what are different kinds of energy.

6. Notes about the information I gathered about energy is, paper are made up of trees.

Rainfall Monitoring

1) What I learned is all about rainfall monitoring. I learned how to measure rainfall, instruments in measuring rainfall like the manual rain gauge and digital rain gauge.

2) What I did is to research the weather forecast for tomorrow and record it on my journal.

3) I can apply  my learning to measure the amount of rainfall when there storm or when it rains.

4) I need to learn more about measuring rainfall to know the amount of rainfall everyday without difficulty.

5) Notes about rain gauge, rain gauge are used to measure the amount of rainfall in a period of time, there are two types of rain gauge the manual rain gauge and the digital rain gauge, the parts of a manual rain gauge are the inner tube, outer tube and the funnel.

Date: June 5, 2013
Weather: Mostly Sunny
Humidity: 62%
Sunrise: 5:25 AM
Sunset: 6:23 PM
Source: www.Pagasa.dost.gov.ph

Date: June 6. 2013
Weather: Mostly Sunny
Humidity: 64%
Sunrise: 5:26 AM
Sunset: 6:23 PM
Source: www.weather.com

Date: June 7, 2013
Weather: Mostly Sunny
Humidity: 66%
Sunrise: 5:26 AM
Sunset: 6:24 PM
Source: www.weather.com

Date: June 8. 2013
Weather: Mostly Cloudy
Humidity: 69%
Sunrise: 5:26 AM
Sunset: 6:24 PM
Source: www.weather.com

Date: June 9, 2013
Weather: Rainy
Humidity: 67%
Sunrise: 5:26 AM
Sunset: 6:24 PM
Source: www.weather.com

Date: June 10, 2013
Weather: Rainy
Humidity: 66%
Sunrise: 5:27 AM
Sunset: 6:25 PM
Source: www.weather.com

Date: June 11, 2013
Weather: Rainy
Humidity: 70%
Sunrise: 5:27 AM
Sunset: 6:25 PM
Source: www.weather.com

Date: June 12, 2013
Weather: Rainy
Humidity: 69%
Sunrise: 5:27 AM
Sunset: 6:25 PM
Source: www.weather.com

Date: June 13, 2013
Weather: Rainy
Humidity: 70%
Sunrise: 5:27 AM
Sunset: 6:25 PM
Source: www.weather.com