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WebQuest: Exploring Earthquakes

WebQuest: Exploring Earthquakes


Name(s): ________________________________________________________


WEBQUEST EXPLORING EARTHQUAKES NAME(S) LAND ALONG FAULTS WILL

Land along faults will stay still for years, even decades at a time, building up pressure. When enough pressure builds, the land will shift suddenly and with great force. The result is an earthquake.

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WEBQUEST EXPLORING EARTHQUAKES NAME(S) LAND ALONG FAULTS WILL

WebQuest


In this journey around the Web, we'll discover what causes earthquakes, where they occurred last week, what causes tsunamis and much, much more!











WEBQUEST EXPLORING EARTHQUAKES NAME(S) LAND ALONG FAULTS WILL Check out this hazard map showing probability for earthquakes. www.usatoday.com/graphics/news/gra/earthquakemap/frame.htm

  1. Look at the boundary map above. Compare it to the USA TODAY map. Why do you think California has so many earthquakes but Texas does not? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

  2. In what hazard zone is your home located? ______________________



2. Click on this site. http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eqlists/eqsmosde.html

Earthquake “Top 10” Lists & Maps

Scroll down to: Earthquake Information

Earthquake Information

Click on: by year

Click on: 2010

Click on: Earthquakes, Magnitude 7 and greater for 2010.

a) Where was the largest Earthquake in 2010? ____________________

b) What was the date? _________________

c) What was the magnitude? _________________

click back:

click on: deaths from earthquakes in 2010

d) How many fatalities? ___________________

3. Go back to: Earthquake “Top 10” Lists & Maps

Click on:

Deadly Earthquakes


a) Where was the quake that killed most people in the U.S.? ___________________________________________________________________________

b) What was the date? __________________________




In 1964 at Prince William Sound, Alaska

d) How many people were killed by the tsunami? ____________________

e) How many were killed by the earthquake? __________________



4. Click on:



Largest Earthquake each Year since 1990

**** Largest Earthquakes

1) How many earthquakes measured a magnitude of 9.0 or greater? ______


2) Fill in the following information about each of those quakes.

Year

Date

Magnitude

Region












**** Deadliest Earthquakes

3) What was the magnitude of the 2010 quake in Haiti? ____________

4) How many fatalities were there? ________________



5. Click on: Earthquake Information


http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/states/

Click on: New Jersey

Click on: Notable earthquakes - Largest earthquake in New Jersey


a) What was the date of the most notable quake in Jersey? _______________________

b) What was the magnitude? __________________

c) What time was the aftershock felt? _______________



6. Click on: http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/last_event_states/states_new_jersey.html

a) When was the last quake in New Jersey? _______________________

b) What was the magnitude? __________________



7. Click on: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqarchives/year/eqstats.php


Scroll down to: Number of Earthquakes Worldwide for 2000 - 2011


a) In what year were there the most earthquakes that measured 8.0 – 9.9? _________

b) Which years were there no earthquakes that measured 8.0 – 9.9? ________________


8. Click on this site for tsunami information. http://www.usatoday.com/weather/tg/wtsunami/wtsunami.htm


a) What is a tsunami? ____________________________________________

b) How fast do the waves move? _________________________

c) Shallow water slows the wave and causes it to grow up to _________ feet high.



9. Click on: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsww/index.html

(World map with clickable regions)


    1. Where there any earthquakes within the last hour? _________ How many? _______________________ What were the magnitudes? ______________________________.

    2. Click on M5+ Earthquake list. Where was the last Earthquake with a magnitude above 5.0? _____________________________________

    3. Click on North America. Click on the largest block in the US. Where was the Earthquake located? ________________________________ What was the magnitude? _______________ the date? ____________


10. click on: www.usatoday.com/news/science/geology/2001-03-04-quake-predict.htm


Can scientists predict earthquakes? _________________



WEBQUEST EXPLORING EARTHQUAKES NAME(S) LAND ALONG FAULTS WILL


Have Fun with these sites

http://eqiq.org.nz/quakehouse/

Earthquake proof your house….. Start the Quake!!!



http://www.eduweb.com/portfolio/bridgetoclassroom/engineeringfor.html

See if you can build a bridge to withstand an 8.0 Quake!


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