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In the opening picture it is seconds after the earthquake struck most likely the first one, as the description explains. There is a large cloud of dust from the buildings falling and you can already see some buildings that are in falling motion or have already fallen. The evidence is the dust ring from the buildings.

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I think the scientists could compare the earthquakes by using a bar chart.

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The diagrams on page five show the effects of the trampoline effect with earthquakes how the earth bounces up and down.
Factor one was that the fault lines were very solid so when the broke they released a lot energy and power. Factor two was that the earthquake rupture was very quick so the waves combined and created a large hitting. The last factor was that the fault line was so close to Christchurch so when the fault lines broke they had no time to lose power before they struck Christchurch

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In my opinion the second earthquake was worse because it causes 185 people died, massive buildings collapsed and liquefaction caused even more damage. The scale difference is the first earthquake was a 7.1 and the second earthquake was a 6.3.
I think on the richter scale the reason because the colours are different is because red can be a worse colour or a alarming colour and brown is the opposite and so as the richter scale gets the worse the darker red the colour gets.

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Liquefaction is caused by the earth cracking due to earthquakes then the pressurized water under the earth starts coming out of the hole and becoming visible.
Sediment is Matter that sinks to the bottom of liquid

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Topic Sentence: There were two main earthquakes. The first quake was caused by movement on the fault lines on the west and for the for the second earthquakes it was the fault lines again but the surface did not crack/break open.
Liquefaction is where the ground shakes and the pressurized water underground comes out of the hole caused by the earthquake.

Supporting Sentence: Before the earthquakes, scientists believed that the shaking of the ground caused the water filled sediment and soil to lose strength which made it behave more like a liquid than a solid.

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The scientists main jobs are to study the earth and monitor what happens during landslides, earthquakes, foods etc. The benefit of the scientists doing this research is maybe being able to prevent these earthquakes or predict when they will happen and prepare for them

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The christchurch earthquakes of 2011/2010 were bad for the city was stated in the topic sentence.
By studying the causes and impact of the earthquake, scientists now know the processes of earthquakes.

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I think this text will be about what scientists learned from what happened at the christchurch earthquakes and what rules like having to have more earthquake protection for large buildings.