Unit 5: Earthquakes

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Unit 5 Earthquakes
2
January 4th/5th

• Objective Intro to Earthquakes
• Agenda
• New seating chart
• Warm-up/review plate boundaries
• Killer Quake video and questions
• Warm-up
• At which plate boundaries do earthquakes occur?
• What are the three types of boundaries? Describe
  how each of them moves.

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January 6th/7th

• Objective Earthquakes and EQ Faults
• Agenda
• Warm-up
• Earthquakes and Earthquake Fault Notes
• EQ Webquest
• Homework

4
Warm-up

• Answer True or False to the following
  questions
• Scientists can predict earthquakes.
• Animals can predict earthquakes.
• Some people can sense that an earthquake is about
  to happen.
• Earthquakes can occur because of certain types of
  weather (earthquake weather)
• California will eventually fall into the ocean.

5
January 8th/11th

• Objective How EQs travel/transfer energy
• Agenda
• Warm-up
• EQ Waves NOTES
• Webquest
• Homework
• Finish Webquest!

6
Warm-up

• Explain the difference between a normal fault and
  a reverse fault.
• What force is associated with a strike-slip
  fault?
• Give an example of where you will find
• A normal fault
• A reverse fault
• A strike-slip fault

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EQ Essential Skills

• 1. Describe how earthquakes happen and explain
  the 3 different seismic waves associated with
  them.
• 2. Explain the two scales used to measure
  earthquakes and how they differ.
• 3. Describe the three types of earthquake faults.

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January 12th/13th

• Objective Measuring Earthquakes
• Agenda
• Warm-up
• Measuring EQs Notes
• EQ Magnitude Lab

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What do you think?

• 1. How big was the worlds largest recorded
  earthquake (scale of 0-10, 10 being the highest)
• 2. What state has the most earthquakes?
• 3. Which state has the fewest earthquakes?
• 4. Which country has the most earthquakes every
  year?
• 5. What was the largest recorded earthquake in
  the United States? (scale 0-10)

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• An earthquake occurs along this fault at Point A.
  With your neighbor, describe the following
• What type of fault is it? How can you tell?
• Describe what will happen to the house at point
  B. You must include a discussion of P waves, S
  waves, and surface waves.

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January 14th/15th

• Objective Earthquake Damage
• Agenda
• Warm-up
• Finish Magnitude Lab Lab Questions
• EQ Damage NOTES
• 1989 Quake video clip
• Homework
• 1-10 on Study Guide
• Test on Jan. 22nd!!

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Warm-up

• 1. What does the Richter scale measure?
• 2. What is the difference in the amount of energy
  released as you go up one number in the Richter
  scale (from a 4.0 to a 5.0, for example)?
• 3. What does the Mercalli scale measure?
• 4. What are some things that might affect the
  amount of damage?
• 5. Which scale is more accurate? Why?

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Warm-up

• 1. Which earthquake waves
• a. Travel the fastest?
• b. Travel the slowest?
• c. Can move through solids only?
• d. Can move through liquids and solids?
• e. Can create massive destruction when close to
  the center of the earthquake?
• 2. What are shadow zones? How do these provide
  evidence for the presence of an outer liquid core
  inside the Earth?

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January 20th/21st

• Objective Earthquake damage
• Agenda
• Warm-up
• Finish Fault notes
• Tsunami video
• EQ Damage/Tsunami notes
• Homework 1-10 on study guide
• Test January 28th/29th!

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January 21st/22nd

• Objective Review for test
• Agenda
• Warm-up (article)/stamp study guide
• Video Quiz
• Finish EQ Damage Notes (if applicable)
• Review for Test
• HW Test next class! Have your packet ready
  BEFORE you come to class!

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Warm-up Earthquake Hazards Article

• 1. What is subsidence?
• 2. Explain liquefaction. What is it, and how does
  it damage buildings?
• 3. What is ground displacement?
• 4. How can earthquakes cause flooding?
• 5. How can earthquakes cause fires?
• 6. Where do most of the hazards to people come
  from?