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Week 2 Blog plate boundaries

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 A tectonic plate is a very large, fault-bounded block of Earths crust and underlying upper mantle that moves as a coherent mass on top of the asthenosphere; also called a lithospheric plate. Indonesia is surrounded by plate boundaries including the Sunda plate and the Indo-Australian Plate. Indonesia which are convergent plates which move into each other, divergent plates which move apart and transform plates which slide past each other horizontally. Convergent Boundaries is interference between two tectonic plates in which one plate generally descends below the other in a process known as subduction.                                                        Favorite Scientist   My favorite scientist is Stephen Hawking. I love his research on the black hole. He was able to accomplish and discover so much while having ALS.                                                                                                                      References  Keller A. Edward,et al. "Natural

Week 1 Blog

 Indonesia is a beautiful country located in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia consists of islands and one is connected right next to Papua New Guinea. The country is amazing for surfing and swimming. Indonesia has quite a lot of natural hazards and disasters. They had over 10 volcano eruption from all three centuries.  The main difference between hazards disasters and catastrophe is that a natural hazard is a natural process and event that is a potential threat to human life and property. A disaster is a hazardous event that occurs over a limited time span within a defined area. A catastrophe is a massive disaster that requires significant expenditure of money and a long time for recovery to take place.               https://www.indonesia-investments.com/business/risks/natural-disasters/item243