How Earthquakes Happen

Earthquake is one of the most destroying natural disasters. Unluckily it often happens in several
regions, like China, Indonesia, and Japan. It has brought great damages. Why did it occur? Do you
know how an earthquake happens?
Gempa bumi merupakan salah satu bencana paling merugikan. Buruknya itu sering terjadi di
beberapa wilayah seperti di China, Indonesia, dan Jepang. Gempa bumi telah menyebabkan
kerusakan parah. Mengapa itu terjadi? Apakah kamu ingin tahu bagaimana gempa bumi terjadi?
Earthquakes are usually caused when rock underground suddenly breaks along a fault. This sudden
release of energy causes the seismic waves. It make the ground shake. When two blocks of rock or
two plates are rubbing against each other, they stick a little. They don't just slide smoothly. The rocks
are still pushing against each other, but not moving. After a while, the rocks break because of all the
pressure that's built up. When the rocks break, the earthquake occurs.
Gempa bumi biasanya disebabkan oleh lempeng yang bergerak tiba-tiba dan melepaskan tenaga
yang menyebabkan getaran seismis dan menyebabkan tanah bergetar. Saat dua lempeng
bertubrukan,
During the earthquake and afterward, the plates or blocks of rock start moving, and they continue to
move until they get stuck again. The spot underground where the rock breaks is called the focus of
the earthquake. The place right above the focus is called the epicenter of the earthquake.
Mainly taken from: www.geo.mtu.edu/UPSeis/why.html

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Tsunami
The term of tsunami comes from the Japanese which means harbour ("tsu") and wave ("nami"). A tsunami is a
series of waves generated when water in a lake or a sea is rapidly displaced on a massive scale.
A tsunami can be generated when the sea floor abruptly deforms and vertically displaces the overlying water.
Such large vertical movements of the earth's crust can occur at plate boundaries.
Subduction of earthquakes are particularly effective in generating tsunami, and occur where denser oceanic
plates slip under continental plates.
As the displaced water mass moves under the influence of gravity to regain its equilibrium, it radiates across the
ocean like ripples on a pond.
Tsunami always bring great damage. Most of the damage is caused by the huge mass of water behind the initial
wave front, as the height of the sea keeps rising fast and floods powerfully into the coastal area.

Bagaimana Gempa Terjadi

Gempa adalah salah satu bencana alam yang paling merusak. Sayangnya sering terjadi di beberapa
daerah. Baru-baru ini gempa bumi yang mengerikan telah mengguncang Sumatera Barat. Ini telah
membawa kerusakan yang besar. Mengapa hal itu terjadi? Apakah Anda tahu bagaimana terjadi gempa?
Gempa bumi biasanya disebabkan ketika rock underground tiba-tiba rusak sepanjang kesalahan. Ini
pelepasan tiba-tiba energi menyebabkan gelombang seismik. Ini membuat tanah bergetar. Ketika dua
blok batuan atau dua lempeng bergesekan satu sama lain, mereka tetap sedikit. Mereka tidak hanya
geser lancar. Batu-batu masih saling mendorong, tapi tidak bergerak. Setelah beberapa saat, batu patah
karena semua tekanan yang dibangun. Ketika batu pecah, gempa terjadi.
Selama gempa bumi dan sesudahnya, piring atau blok batuan mulai bergerak, dan mereka terus
bergerak sampai mereka terjebak lagi. Titik bawah tanah di mana istirahat batu disebut fokus gempa.
Tempat yang tepat di atas fokus disebut episenter gempa.

What is cancer? It is actually a group of more than one hundred separate diseases. Most of us are
fear from cancer It is reasonable because next to heart disease, cancer is the second leading cause
of

death.

Cancer cells come from normal cells because of mutations of DNA. Those mutations can occur
spontaneously. The mutations may be also induced by other factors such as: nuclear and
electromagnetic radiation, viruses, bacteria and fungi, parasites, heat, chemicals in the air, water
and food, mechanical cell-level injury, free radicals, evolution and ageing of DNA, etc. All such
factors

can

produce

mutations

that

may

start

cancer.

Cancer cells are formed continuously in the organism. It is estimated that there are about 10,000
cancer cells at any given time in a healthy person. Why do some result in macroscopic-level cancers
and some do not? First, not all damaged cells can multiply and many of them die quickly. Second,
those which potentially divide and form cancer are effectively destroyed by the mechanisms
available to the immune system. Therefore cancer develops if the immune system is not working
properly or the amount of cells produced is too great for the immune system to eliminate.
(Simplified from:www.digital-recordings.com/publ/cancer.html)

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The sun seems to rise in the morning, crosses the sky during the day and sets at night. However the
sun does not actually move around the earth. Earth's turning on its axis makes it look as if the sun is
moves.
The earth makes a complete turn on its axis for 24 hours. It is called as rotation. It causes day and
night. The earth also moves around the sun. It takes 365 days or a year. This process is called
revolution. The revolution process causes the changes of the season
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How is a Kite Flying?
A kite is an object which is made from a light material stretched over a frame. Due to its light material a kite will
lift off the ground and fly when it is tilted into the wind.
A kite is uses wind to make it fly because it is heavier than air. When wind travels over the surface of the kite, it
is split into two streams of air. One stream of the air goes over the kite while the second stream goes under the
kite.
The upper stream creates an area of low pressure above the kite. The lower stream hits the kite at a shallow
angle and creates an area of high pressure.
The high pressure area has a pushing effect while the low pressure area has a pulling effect. The combination of
push and pull can creates enough force to lift the kite into the air.
Kites have been known for thousand of years. They are used for military or scientific purposes. Todays kites are
much used for leisure and competition.