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Comparing and Contrasting Articles
Science
Comparing and Contrasting Articles
Science
Section | Article 1 | Article 2 |
a) Source
Correctly reference the articles using Harvard style referencing | Fackler, Martin. “Powerful Quake and Tsunami Devastate Northern Japan.” New York Times 11 Mar. 2011. | Rosenburg, Jennifer. “Tangshan: The Deadliest Earthquake.” About.com. Web. 10 July 2013. |
b) Propose a possible focus of the articles and provide reasons for answer | Article 1 is about an earthquake and tsunami that hit Tokyo, in northern Japan. This article focuses on how both the earthquake and tsunami impacted Northern Japan. It includes a lot of scientific information and contains information like the death toll, what had been destroyed, how it had destroyed and how it had affected the lives of the people living in that area. It also included how the earthquake happened and what type of earthquake it was. | Article 2 is about a deadly earthquake that had attacked Tangshan, northeast of China. This article focuses on how fireballs and animals gave warning before the earthquake had hit Tangshan, in northeast China. It contains information about some animals warning their owners and each other that something was about to happen. A story about a goldfish was included which stated that a goldfish continuously kept on jumping out of its bowl until the earthquake had hit. It also focuses on what happened once the earthquake had struck. It mentioned how it affected the area and the people whose families were lost during the devastating earthquake. |
c) Summarizing the scientific information into your own words using dot points | * The earthquake has a magnitude of 8.9 * The death toll was the strongest ever recorded in Japan * The earthquake had struck on Friday at 2:46 pm, Tokyo time * Kazushige Itabashi was hit the hardest by the tsunami * There was more than 100 aftershocks * The tsunami waves were more than 12 feet high * The earthquake...
Science
Comparing and Contrasting Articles
Science
Section | Article 1 | Article 2 |
a) Source
Correctly reference the articles using Harvard style referencing | Fackler, Martin. “Powerful Quake and Tsunami Devastate Northern Japan.” New York Times 11 Mar. 2011. | Rosenburg, Jennifer. “Tangshan: The Deadliest Earthquake.” About.com. Web. 10 July 2013. |
b) Propose a possible focus of the articles and provide reasons for answer | Article 1 is about an earthquake and tsunami that hit Tokyo, in northern Japan. This article focuses on how both the earthquake and tsunami impacted Northern Japan. It includes a lot of scientific information and contains information like the death toll, what had been destroyed, how it had destroyed and how it had affected the lives of the people living in that area. It also included how the earthquake happened and what type of earthquake it was. | Article 2 is about a deadly earthquake that had attacked Tangshan, northeast of China. This article focuses on how fireballs and animals gave warning before the earthquake had hit Tangshan, in northeast China. It contains information about some animals warning their owners and each other that something was about to happen. A story about a goldfish was included which stated that a goldfish continuously kept on jumping out of its bowl until the earthquake had hit. It also focuses on what happened once the earthquake had struck. It mentioned how it affected the area and the people whose families were lost during the devastating earthquake. |
c) Summarizing the scientific information into your own words using dot points | * The earthquake has a magnitude of 8.9 * The death toll was the strongest ever recorded in Japan * The earthquake had struck on Friday at 2:46 pm, Tokyo time * Kazushige Itabashi was hit the hardest by the tsunami * There was more than 100 aftershocks * The tsunami waves were more than 12 feet high * The earthquake...