Wednesday 18 February 2015

4 Spheres of the Environment

What happened?
The Sumatra Earthquake occurred in September in 2009 off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia.
The magnitude of the earthquake was 7. 9 from the Richter Scale. 
The epicenter was 45 kilometers west-northwest of Padang, Sumatra and 220 kilometeres southwest of Pekanbaru, Sumatra.
This earthquake affected three different countries which are Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia.
This earthquake left 1,112 people dead and 1,214 people severely injured!




How is each sphere involved?
The biosphere is affected by the Lithosphere. The biosphere contains living organisms and the lithosphere(the earthquake) can violently shake the ground and kill multiple different types of living organisms; however, people don't typically die from an earthquake unless something falls, from the violent shake, on top of the living organism.
The atmosphere can be affected by the lithosphere as well. When an earthquake happens it's because the tectonic plates either collide or diverge. As there's an earthquake there are toxic gasses being released into the atmosphere which is affecting the clean air animals and living organisms need.
The hydrosphere can affect the lithosphere and the biosphere. When there is an earthquake under water it can start a formation of a tsunami. Tsunamis have the ability to destroy inhabitants on an island and bring mass destruction in the area along the coast line. The earthquake Sumatra created a localized tsunami and it struck the Metawau Islands.


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