Earthquakes Unit 10-17

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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 earth’s 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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It’s 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

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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 earth’s tectonic plates. How do they move?

• Convection Currents in the mantle cause tectonic plate movement

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