1. Describe the different types of boundaries
2. Identify and explain which boundaries are likely to produce volcanoes.
3. Identify and explain which boundaries are likely to produce earthquakes.
4. Explain how plate tectonics is part of the rock cycle
earthquake seismometer
seismograph epicenter
magnitude Richter scale
focus seismic wave
fault
Vocabulary - Objective 4
GOAL: You should be able to explain how
earthquakes are formed, detected, and
measured.
How earthquakes formhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zNyVPsj8zc (end at 1:30)
Seismic waves
P-Waves (primary wave)
S-Waves (secondary wave)
How to detect and measure epicenter
http://www.usarray.org/public/about/how
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nS10xNBfVE&feature=related (how detected and measured)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dx4OqT0PYnU use this)
Earthquake Magnitude
How much stronger is each level compared to the previous level?
developed in 1935 by Charles F. Richter of the California Institute of Technology
Seismic Waves & Earth’s interior9.5
What patterns do you notice?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfVNnk8FHcU (more on plate tectonics)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4126809.stm (natural disasters)
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/news/environment-news/japan-tsunami-2011-vin/ (japan Tsunami)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7533972.stm (how tsunamis form)
Resources & tsunami info