SCI 100 Module One Activity Template: Topic Exploration
Instructions
Visit the
Science Daily
website to choose a natural science–related news story published within the past
six months on a topic of interest to you. Ensure the article meets the criteria provided in the Module One
Activity Guidelines and Rubric.
Answer the following questions about your chosen scientific news story. Replace the bracketed text
below with your responses.
Provide the title and link to your chosen news story so your instructor may locate it.
Fiber optic cables detect and characterize earthquakes.
Fiber optic cables detect and characterize earthquakes | ScienceDaily
Summarize the main idea of the news story you selected. This should only take 1–2 sentences.
Fiber optic underground cables that provide people with internet access in California can also be
used to detect and estimate earthquakes.
Briefly explain any prior knowledge and what you’d like to know more about regarding your selected
news story.
I don’t have any knowledge about fiber optic cables being used to detect earthquakes, but I do
know that they are underground because they do provide me with Wi-Fi as well what I would
like to know more about this subject is how fiber optic cables can accurately detect earthquakes
and how it measures earthquakes.
Discuss the value of the scientific research presented in your selected news story for contemporary
society.
The value of the scientific research presented is important because this a good way and another
source of detecting earthquakes and by the cables measuring them it is a way to provide
advanced warnings and details on why it started to begin with which can be beneficial to us.
"If
we can get broader coverage to measure seismic activity, we can revolutionize how we study
earthquakes and provide more advance warning," says Zhan. "Though we cannot predict
earthquakes, distributed acoustic sensing will lead to a better understanding of the details
underlying how the earth ruptures."
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