Earthquakes Unit 10-17

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Earthquakes Unit 10-17

• Study and know the main ideas, or Mr. Jez will
  find you
• Monday, December 16, 2013

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ToPT

• Explain the evidence the Theory of Plate
  Tectonics
• (FIT, FOSSILS, ROCK, CLIMATE)

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Recognizing Patterns

• What do the patterns of earthquakes and volcanoes
  on the surface of the earth tell us?
• They outline the edges of plates and show where
  hotspots occur

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Ogres have Layers

• Understand the different layers of the inner
  earth be able to identify their order.
• Crust (rigid), Mantle(plastic like), Outer
  Core(liquid iron), Inner Core (solid iron/nickel)

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Giant X-Ray Gun?

• How do scientists know what layers are under the
  earths crust?
• Earthquake waves travel through the earth and the
  speeds and locations help us determine what
  materials they are traveling through.

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Its Your Fault

• Describe all aspects of a Fault. What, where,
  how? Provide at least one example.
• (San Andreas)

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What Happens at Plate Edges

• Explain similarities and differences of
  convergent, divergent, and transform plate
  boundaries

8
Building a Home?

• Explain the different soil types and how they
  behave during earthquakes
• (bedrock/compact soil/loose sand)

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Wave Goodbye..

• Explain the difference between a P-wave and an
  S-wave. Provide examples from your class work.
  Explain how to spot each on a seismogram

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Shapes and Pies, Shapes and Pies

• Describe the epicenter and how it is located.
• By gathering S P Wave data from three
  siesmograph stations. Use time/distance graph to
  determine distance to epicenter from each, then
  triangulate the epicenter

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Did you feel that?

• Explain the process involved with moving the
  earths tectonic plates. How do they move?
• Convection Currents in the mantle cause tectonic
  plate movement