InstructionsSetting:You are a part of the largest and most prestigious architectural firm in America and you have been hired to build three sky scrapers anywhere in the world for a very famous celebrity. Being a super smart architect you understand the need to research the right combination of ground type and building structures (to withstand earthquake) in an effort to protect the fortune of your client (a very famous celebrity).Please review the below information to better equite your research.

MagnitudeTremor – a minor quake of magnitude 2 to 4.9 rarely causes more than minor damage

Quake-at magnitude 5 to 6.9, not the “Big One” but damage and injuries are to be expected.

Superquake-at magnitude 7.0-9.5, these are the monster quakes. Expect heavy losses in population areas.

Ground Type Prevention StructuresStable, solid ground seems safest, but in a quake-prone area, all construction is calculated risk

Loose, gravel soil. Prepare to go deep for support.

Reinforced building materials give concrete and masonry structures more tensile strength.

Base isolation allows a structure’s foundation and the ground to move as one minimizing the forces on the building itself.

Building along a fault zone has its risks but is often unavoidable.

Coastal ground quality varies. When near water there are many dangers to consider.

Foundation anchoring keeps a structure and its bas moving as a unit when the ground begins to quake.

Pile foundations reach down through unstable soil to the bedrock beneath for added stability.

You Goal: To systematically ( one step at a time) use the evidence provided by the TLC website to answer the given question.Question: What combination of ground and prevention structures will produce the best outcome for your very famous client and their sky scrapers during a tremor, during a quake and during a superquake?Instructions: You will have to PREDICT what combination of ground type and structure will provide the best outcome for each earthquake type ( tremor, quake, and superquake) . Then you will OBSERVE the simulations provided by the web site. Be careful to select the provide combinations from each data table and then click the “ begin Quake” tab , write down the correct scale of destruction within the provide data table. Repeat these instruction for each quake type. After your observations for each quake type you will have to make a CLAIM to what combination is the best for your client.

Scale of Destruction

Level 1 Destruction

Level 2 Destruction

Level 3 Destruction Level 4 Destruction

Level 5 Destruction

Level 6Destruction

Tremor- Data TableGround Type Prevention Structures

Reinforced Building Foundation Anchoring Base Isolation Pile FoundationsStable GroundAlong a Fault ZoneLoose GravelCoastal Ground

Quake- Data TableGround Type Prevention Structures

Reinforced Building Foundation Anchoring Base Isolation Pile FoundationsStable GroundAlong a Fault ZoneLoose GravelCoastal Ground

Superquake- Data TableGround Type Prevention Structures

Reinforced Building Foundation Anchoring Base Isolation Pile FoundationsStable GroundAlong a Fault ZoneLoose GravelCoastal Ground

P.O.C.E.R for TremorsQuestion: What combination of ground and prevention structures will produce the best outcome for your clients and their sky scraper during a tremors?PREDICTION: A statement/ hypothesis about the way things will happen in the future (a forecast).OBSERVATION: A use of both quantitative and qualitative data to describe an event.

CLAIM: A statement or conclusion that answers the original question/problem.

EVIDENCE: Scientific data that supports the claim. The data needs to be appropriate and sufficient to support the claim.REASONING: A justification that connects the evidence to the claim.It shows why the data counts as evidence by using appropriate and sufficient scientific principles. ____________________________________________________________________

P.O.C.E.R. for QuakesQuestion: What combination of ground and prevention structures will produce the best outcome for your clients and their sky scraper during a quakes?PREDICTION: A statement/ hypothesis about the way things will happen in the future (a forecast).OBSERVATION: A use of both quantitative and qualitative data to describe an event.

CLAIM: A statement or conclusion that answers the original question/problem.

EVIDENCE: Scientific data that supports the claim. The data needs to be appropriate and sufficient to support the claim.REASONING: A justification that connects the evidence to the claim.It shows why the data counts as evidence by using appropriate and sufficient scientific principles. ____________________________________________________________________

P.O.C.E.R. for SuperquakesQuestion: What combination of ground and prevention structures will produce the best outcome for your clients and their sky scraper during a tremor?PREDICTION: A statement/ hypothesis about the way things will happen in the future (a forecast).OBSERVATION: A use of both quantitative and qualitative data to describe an event.

CLAIM: A statement or conclusion that answers the original question/problem.

EVIDENCE: Scientific data that supports the claim. The data needs to be appropriate and sufficient to support the claim.REASONING: A justification that connects the evidence to the claim.It shows why the data counts as evidence by using appropriate and sufficient scientific principles. ____________________________________________________________________