Earthquake or Volcano Project
Overview: For this project you will research a significant earthquake or volcano of your
choosing and you will create a brochure or poster to display your findings. The required
information for each project is found below.
Each Poster or Brochure needs the following:
-Neat and organized presentation
-4-5 pictures, graphics, charts, etc.
-works cited
Earthquake Research:
-Where and when did the earthquake occur?
-What caused the earthquake?
-type of fault and location of fault zone
-Describe the 2 scales used to measure the strength of an earthquake and how your earthquake
rated for both. (Mercalli and Richter)
-Define focus and epicenter and describe the location of each of these for your earthquake.
-Describe the total damage, injuries and deaths.
-What was the cause of damage, injury, and death? Was the region prepared? Did they have
safe buildings for earthquakes? Was there a tsunami?
-If there was a tsunami you must also describe how it formed, how large, how fast, and how
much damage it caused.
-Explain some safety precautions people in areas of earthquakes should do in order to stay safe
during an earthquake.
>>>>>>>Or you could research a volcano >>>>>>
Volcano Research:
-Where and when did the volcano occur?
-What caused the volcano?
-type of fault or hot spot
-Describe the three main kinds of volcanoes and what kind of volcano you are researching.
-shield, composite, cinder cone
-Describe the total damage, injuries and deaths.
-What was the cause of damage, injury, and death? Was the region prepared? Did they have
advanced warning?
-What do scientists do to monitor volcanoes? Describe how they can monitor the seismology,
gas emissions, land deformation, etc. Was any of this done before your volcano erupted?
-Explain what a pyroclastic flow is and whether or not your volcano made one.
- Explain some safety precautions people in areas of volcanoes should do in order to stay safe
during a volcano.
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