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Earthquakes, Layers of the Earth, Plate Tectonics and Volcanoes
Assignments
Assignments
2/17 - Quiz: Earthquake, Volcanos, and Plate Tectonic
2/17 - Notebook and KIMs sheets (keywords)
2/14 - Earthquake, Volcanos, and Plate Tectonics Picture Review - Picture; Color example
Good Source: Annenberg Learner - Dynamic Earth Interactives
Objectives
Objectives
Identify three types of stress and associate them with three types of fault and tectonic plate boundary.
Identify examples of stress, faults and tectonic plate boundaries.
Identify the properties of body waves and surface waves that relate to the magnitude and intensity of earthquakes.
Identify ways to make damage less severe and protect yourself during earthquakes.
Apply the properties of body waves to triangulate earthquake epicenters.
Explain how body waves tell us about the inside of the earth.
Describe the layers of the earth by chemical composition and physical properties.
Keywords
Keywords
Earthquake, Focus, Epicenter, Fault, Seismic Waves
Stress, Deformation, Elastic Rebound, Compression, Tension, Shearing
Tectonic Plate, Divergent, Convergent and Transform Boundaries
Seismometer (seismograph), Magnitude, Body Waves, P-Waves, S-Waves, Surface Waves, Lag time (S-P Interval), triangulation
Tsunami, Intensity, Liquefaction
Main Resources
Main Resources
2010 Haiti Earthquake
2010 Haiti Earthquake
* Assigned reading and practice questions.
Virtual Earthquake Lab - sciencecourseware.org - Use for the Virtual Earthquake Lab.
Other Resources
Other Resources
Earthquakes
Earthquakes
Seismic Monitor - iris.edu - embedded below.
How are Earthquakes Located - iris.edu
Iris.edu - Animations and Interactives
Determining the Epicenter Distance of an Earthquake - youtube.com - How to use a paper graph of P and S waves to find the epicenter distance from lag time.
Resource: Seismic Monitor - iris.edu
About how many earthquakes have taken place in the last day (red circles)?
What patterns do you see?
Tsunamis
Tsunamis
Rare Video: Japan Tsunami | National Geographic (2011) - youtube.com
Pacific Northwest Tsunami Evacuation Zones - nvs.nanoos.org - Tsunami evacuation zones to help you prepare for disaster.
Volcanoes
Volcanoes
Warm-ups
Warm-ups
Write the date, summarize the question(s), and then answer in your notebook:
- Resource: Why are earthquakes so hard to predict? - youtube.com
Why are earthquakes so hard to predict?
- Resource: Earthquake: What Does 'Magnitude' Mean? - youtube.com
What was the magnitude of the 2010 Haiti earthquake?
What does magnitude mean?
How much larger is each earthquake magnitude?
- Resources: Rockies Thrust Up | National Geographic - youtube.com; CK-12 6.5 Mountain Building
What are the Rocky Mountains made of?
How were the Rockies formed?
Why did the Rockies form so far inland from a tectonic plate boundary?
2/12 - Resource: Why Does The Earth Have Layers? - youtube.com
How do we know about the different layers inside the earth?
How does density play a part in the layers of the earth?
What is the core of the earth made of?
Why is the Inner Core a solid if it is hot enough to melt iron?
- Resource: Scientist gets too close to lava lake! - Richard Hammond's Journey to the Centre of the Planet - BBC Video
Which of the three types of volcano is a lava lake most like?
How much are you willing to sacrifice in the pursuit of knowledge?
Volcanic Eruption May Be Biggest Ever Seen From Space (2022) by Scott Manley - youtube.com
2/11 - Resource: Earthquakes 101 | National Geographic 2020
What is an Earthquake?
Make a picture with the following terms labeled: fault, focus, epicenter, and seismic waves.
- Resource: Seismic Monitor - iris.edu
About how many earthquakes have taken place in the last day (red circles)?
What patterns do you see?
- Resource: See the ground actually open up and move! - youtube.com; CK-12 6.18 Earthquake Damage
Liquefaction is when the ground becomes saturated with water, like quicksand. What are the effects of liquefaction during an earthquake?
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