Avalanches

Avalanche! By: Dr. Ed Adams with Juan Quintana

"Avalanches can wipe out mountainsides and bury buildings. Why did scientist Ed Adams put himself in their path of destruction?"

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Orange31113 || No matter how much you learn, you should still be careful because avalanches can be unpredictable at times. ||
 * Your Id || Key Ideas from your article. What would you tell others about this article ||
 * blue418 || * stay away/ don't get caught in avalanches. [[image:http://homeboyski.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/avalanche.jpg width="497" height="273"]]
 * a small trigger can start a avalanch.
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 * red166 || a person can start an avalanch ||

Please include your ID || Please include your ID || bulary Builder: Choose a vocabulary word you learned from your reading. There must be no duplicate words
 * Your ID || I learned || I have this question? || **Respond to others here**
 * blue418 || ​ * avalanches can happen on any slope steeper than 25 degrees.
 * they can be 60 to 80 miles per hour. || * How do you prevent avalanches?
 * Why do they still let skiers and people on hills and slopes if avalanches can happen? || Green309: theres not really a way to prevent an avalanche. the best thing you can do is watch out for one and if you see one then hopefully you get out of the way and stay safe. ||
 * red166 || * they can happen on slopes steeper than 25 degrees
 * how many peolpe die from it || * does it make it safer to hide in between trees then being in the open?
 * how long do they last?
 * how do you know when its coming
 * what is it like? || orange31113: i dont think it would be easier to hide between trees because the snow could still get to you. ||
 * orange31113 || * i learned vocab terms such as, factors witch means bits of information and unleash witch means to let lose. || * what do you do if your stuck in an avalanche?
 * can screaming very loudly really cause an avalanche?
 * do avalanches happen frequently? || blue418 I think they happen often but i dont know. ||
 * green309 || * the slope has to be 25 degrees in order for an avalanche to occur, || * what do you do if an avalanche is coming down? ||  ||
 * Respond to my question below:**
 * Your Id || What is the most important information you read? || **Respond to others here**
 * Your Id || What is the most important information you read? || **Respond to others here**
 * ​ blue418 || * Avalanches can be deadly, they kill and hurt many people.
 * there are people studing avalanches and tring to see how snow works. ||  ||
 * red166 || * Avalanches are dealy and kill anything in its path
 * Orange31113 || * Avalanches need steep slopes to start. ||  ||
 * ​ ​Green309 || * That avalanches are very destructive and they can kill or seriously hurt you.
 * large avalanches weigh 100,000 tons of snow!
 * the temperture has to be at least -40 degrees F. || ​blue418 yeah so watch out and don't get caught in one! ||
 * Voca**
 * ​ Green309- * avalanche- masses of snow rushing downhill. ||  ||   ||
 * ​ Green309- * avalanche- masses of snow rushing downhill. ||  ||   ||
 * ​ Green309- * avalanche- masses of snow rushing downhill. ||  ||   ||
 * Your Id || Vocabulary Word || Definition ||
 * blue418 || * snowpack || ***** layers of snow that build up during the winter. ||


 * red166 || runout zone || an area where an avalanches dump snow when it stops ||
 * ​Orange31113 || Factors || Bits of Information. ||