Chapter 8.D, Problem 33E

Logarithmic Thinking. Briefly describe, in words, the effects you would expect in the situations given.

1. An earthquake of magnitude 2.8 strikes the Los Angeles area.
2. You have your ear against a new speaker w hen it emits a sound with an intensity of 160 dB
33. A young child (too young to know better) finds and drinks from an open bottle of drain opener with pH 12.
3. An earthquake of magnitude 8.3 strikes the Tokyo area.
4. Your friend is calling to you from across the street in New York City, with a shout that registers 90 dB. Traffic is heavy, and several emergency vehicles are passing by with sirens.
5. A forest situated a few hundred miles from a coal-burning industrial area is subjected regularly to acid rain, with pH 4, for many years.