Lab Assignment 1

This is a map that I found on google. It is a county map of California. It shows different county of California in different colors and names. There are 4 colors in this map, they are blue, yellow, orange and green but the patterns of color are not in order.  The map also briefly shows the geographical shape of California. I found it interesting because this is the first time for me to know different county names and the location of different counties. For example, Los Angeles county shares the border with Ventura, Kern, San Bernandino and Orange country. I used to live in the Contra Costa country in the Bay Area of San Francisco. Source: http://www.google.com/imgresimgurl=http://www.cagenweb.com/plumas/map_files/image007.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.infohub.com/Maps/california_map_262.html&h=691&w=597&sz=31&tbnid=I_hPCUPPieWn2M:&tbnh=139&tbnw=120&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmaps%2Bof%2Bcalifornia&zoom=1&q=maps+of+california&hl=en&usg=__6f7um81KvJZCbn3tdte0hTI-_zY=&sa=X&ei=dVqiTPirCZS-sQOt4OG5AQ&sqi=2&ved=0CD8Q9QEwBw, image google, 2:35 pm, September 28, 2010.

This is the map of Hong Kong. I found this map on a website called China Highlights. This is a brief map of what Hong Kong looks like. From the map, Hong Kong is divided into three main parts, with the large bolded fonts, they are New Territories, Kowloon and Hong Kong Island. The country parks in Hong Kong are mostly shown in green color while others lands are mostly pale brown color. The map also shows that Shenzhen is really close to the New Territories of Hong Kong. Apart from that, the map also shows the rail network of Hong Kong. Different color represents different lines of railway. One of the interesting things is that not every places in Hong Kong are covered with railway network even though Hong Kong is a very tiny city. I found it interesting because I am a Hong Kong native. This is the place where I lived before I came to study in the States. The railway network in the map really attracts me a lot. Hong Kong is a very convenient place that can live without cars. Source: http://www.chinahighlights.com/hong-kong/map/hong-kong-map.htm, China Highlights, 7:15pm, October 4 2010.

This is the map of the pacific ring of fire. I found this map on the USGS website. The map shows the volcanic arcs and oceanic trenches partly encircling the Pacific Ocean. The Ring of Fire is a zone of frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. The trenches are shown in blue-green. The volcanic island arcs, are mostly parallel to, and always landward of, the trenches. I found it interesting because I had a geology class while i was in the college. I was so shocked that most of the world's largest earthquakes occur along the Ring of Fire. Many of the countries such as the States, Japan, Indonesia and Chile, etc can be found in the Ring of Fire. The Ring of Fire is a direct consequence of plate tectonics and the movement and collisions of crustal plates. Source: http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/fire.html, USGS, 8:04pm, October 4 2010.