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Video - Introduction to Plate Tectonics
Video - Introduction to Earthquakes w/ awesome music!
check out recent CT earthquakes!
check out Recent Earthquakes from all over the world!
Music Time! Each of the following have pieces that make them good or great!
Plate Tectonics (has good animation)
Animations for transform, convergent, & divergent plate boundaries
10 Ways to Survive an Earthquake
Determining the Epicenter Distance of an Earthquake
Earthquake Epicenter Triangulation
How to Determine Richter Magnitude
Strongest earthquake - Chile, 1960 - was a 9.5 on the Richter Scale!
Longest lasting earthquake - Sumatra in 2004 - 10 minutes long!
Boundary = a dividing line b/t two things, place where two things meet
3 Types of Plate Boundaries
1. Convergent = plates move TOWARDS each other\
2. Divergent = plates move AWAY from each other
3. Transform = plates move PAST one another
1) Convergent boundary = place where 2 plates are moving TOWARDS each other
3 types:
A) OC & CC
B) OC & OC
C) CC & CC
A) OC & CC
Ex: Volcanoes along the "Ring of Fire," which is the area around the Pacific Ocean that experiences a lot of earthquakes, has many volcanoes, and trenches.
B) OC & OC
Ex: Aleutian Islands off near Alaska
C) CC & CC
Ex: Himalayan Mountains in Nepal (near India).
Has 9 out of 10 of the highest mountain peaks, including Mount Everest.
2) Divergent boundary = place where 2 plates are moving AWAY from each other
Ex: Mid Oceanic Ridge in Iceland - but there are more along the earth.
3) Transform boundary = place where 2 plates are sliding past one another
- aka "strike & slip"
Ex: San Andreas Fault in California.
Earthquakes!
Types of Seismic Waves
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