1.) How can we apply the concepts and understanding of the different plate boundaries to create and implement innovations or workable solutions that improve disaster preparedness?
2.) How can we apply the concepts and understanding of seismic waves to create and implement innovations or workable solutions that can improve the disaster preparedness of a country?
3.) How the understanding of plate margins, the mechanism of plate movements, etc, can help us in improving our disaster preparedness?
4.) Our EPO is “seek out issues, possibilities, and sources of related information willingly for further investigation” is this applicable? Where can we apply it?
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1. Review, update, or establish emergency response plans in local areas. Increase local industry involvement in community awareness and emergency response planning. Integrate industry emergency plans with local emergency response plans into one overall plan for the community to handle all types of emergencies.
2. From the high tech innovations such as GIS and Doppler radar, to the introduction of seismic codes and earthquake early warning systems, it is clear that science and technology is making a profound difference in the world's ability to reduce death tolls in disasters and the damage to critical infrastructure.
3. • Plate tectonics explains why and where earthquakes occur. This makes it possible to make predictions about earthquakes. Plate tectonics explains why and where mountains are formed. The oceans according to plate tectonics are formed by divergent boundaries.
• Plate boundaries are important because they are often associated with earthquakes and volcanoes. When Earth's tectonic plates grind past one another, enormous amounts of energy can be released in the form of earthquakes.
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