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b. Explain what "magnitude" means. (the scale used, and how a 3 on the scale differs from 2, 4, etc.) //__http://www.google.http:__//__www.answersincreation.org/curriculum/geology/images/Sandstone.jpg://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.answersincreation.org/curriculum/geology/images/Sandstone.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.answersincreation.org/curriculum/geology/geology_chapter_6.htm&usg=__QxGDRdSZ6dijtO4C6C8L3MKNkJ8=&h=347&w=360&sz=41&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=ESF3XvaSWzjK1M:&tbnh=131&tbnw=138&ei=ecyMTbb-AYeF0QG_g5SmCw&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsand%2Bstone%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26biw%3D1266%26bih%3D599%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=513&oei=ecyMTbb-AYeF0QG_g5SmCw&page=1&ndsp=21&ved=1t:429,r:6,s:0&tx=57&ty=67/imgres?imgurl=http://www.answersincreation.org/curriculum/geology/images/Sandstone.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.answersincreation.org/curriculum/geology/geology_chapter_6.htm&usg=__QxGDRdSZ6dijtO4C6C8L3MKNkJ8=&h=347&w=360&sz=41&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=ESF3XvaSWzjK1M:&tbnh=131&tbnw=138&ei=ecyMTbb-AYeF0QG_g5SmCw&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsand%2Bstone%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26biw%3D1266%26bih%3D599%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=513&oei=ecyMTbb-AYeF0QG_g5SmCw&page=1&ndsp=21&ved=1t:429,r:6,s:0&tx=57&ty=67Does this region get a lot of quakes? || Sandstone
 * **Magnitude** || a. Describe the magnitude of this earthquake
 * 6.3, strong that happens 120 times per year, it can be destructive.
 * The magnitude is based on the moment of the earthquake. the richter magnitude scale,2 on the scale is very minor generally not felt, happens about 1,000 times per day. 3 on a richter scale is very minor that happens 49,000 time per year. 4 on the scale it light, you feel it but nothing becomes damaged, happens 6,000 time per year. ||
 * **Impact** || Explain damage, cost, death toll, etc.[]
 * the death toll came out to 160 people, Almost two-thirds of the 160,000 homes in and around Christchurch have been damaged by Saturday's earthquake, New Zealand's prime minister has said.Swiss Re today announced that, based on current information, it provisionally estimates its claims cost from the earthquake in New Zealand to be about $800 million, net of retrocession and before tax. The total insured claims for the insurance sector for the earthquake in New Zealand are estimated to be between $6 billion to $12 billion. ||
 * **Cause** || Why did http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.answersincreation.org/curriculum/geology/images/Sandstone.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.answersincreation.org/curriculum/geology/geology_chapter_6.htm&usg=__QxGDRdSZ6dijtO4C6C8L3MKNkJ8=&h=347&w=360&sz=41&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=ESF3XvaSWzjK1M:&tbnh=131&tbnw=138&ei=ecyMTbb-AYeF0QG_g5SmCw&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsand%2Bstone%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26biw%3D1266%26bih%3D599%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=513&oei=ecyMTbb-AYeF0QG_g5SmCw&page=1&ndsp=21&ved=1t:429,r:6,s:0&tx=57&ty=67 quake happen where it did?__//

made up of Calcite and Quartz the process of how a sedimentary rock is formed

**For thousands, even millions of years, little pieces of our earth have been eroded--broken down and worn away**  **by wind and water. These little bits of our earth are washed downstream where they settle to the bottom of the rivers,**  **lakes, and oceans. Layer after layer of eroded earth is deposited on top of each. These layers are pressed down more** **and more through time, until the bottom layers slowly turn into rock.**


 * 1) **Who** were some of the first people to find an "extra-solar" planet (a planet beyond our own solar system)
 * 2) **How and when** were these scientists able to make such an amazing discovery?
 * 3) **What do we know** about these planets? **How far** are they from Earth? What do scientists think these first discovered extra-solar planets are like in terms of **(size, composition, conditions, etc.)**?
 * 4) Provide a short time line of **events/discoveries that have been made since then.**
 * 5) Based on what you have learned so far, **predict where you think this research will lead**? (i.e. what will scientists learn about extra-solar planets in the future or what is the next step in this area of study?) It would also be a good idea to mention some of the **problems, obstacles**, etc. that will need to be overcome.

**ExtraSolar planet** 1.The first confirmed detection of an exoplanet orbiting a [|main-sequence] star was made in 1995, when a giant planet, [|51 Pegasi b], was found in a four-day orbit around the nearby [|G-type star] [|51 Pegasi]. The frequency of detections has increased since then. Michel Mayor and Dideir Queloz discovered 51 pegasi b. 2. Planets are extremely faint light sources compared to their parent stars. At visible wavelengths, they usually have less than a millionth of their parent star's brightness. It is difficult to detect such a faint light source, and furthermore the parent star causes a glare that tends to wash it out. **So how did are they finding these planets?** 3. 51 Pegasi b is a massive Jupiter-like planet orbiting at only 0.05 Aus from its sun, far closer than Mercury. Planet "b" has at least 46 percent of Jupiter's mass. It moves around 51 Pegasi at an average distance of only 0.05 AUs (a semi-major axis well within Mercury's orbital distance) in a highly circular orbit (e=0.03) that takes only 4.2 days to complete. 4. **Incomplete** **5. Incomplete**