Name: _____________________________
Google Earth search:
Find the following famous landforms that were formed from
processes that we have learnt about in this unit:
Latitude
Niagara Falls
Grand Canyon
Mount Everest
San Andreas
Fault
Ayer’s Rock
Mount
Kilimanjaro
Longitude
Earthquakes, Mountains and
Volcanoes:
Choose a famous (or not-so-famous) earthquake, mountain
and volcano, and fill in the following information for each.
1. Lists of earthquakes:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_earthquakes
Location: _____________________________
Magnitude: _________
Description of damage/casualties: ________________________________
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2. Lists of most famous mountains:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mountains#Canada
Name: _______________________________
Location: _________________________________
Mountain Range: ______________________________________
Altitude: ________________________
3. Lists of Volcanoes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_volcanoes
Name: ______________________________
Location: __________________________________
Last Eruption: ______________________________________
Plate Tectonics layers for Google Earth:
1. Click on “Earth Gallery”
2. Search for “Earthquakes”, “Volcanoes”, or “Mountains”
3. Click on “Open in Google Earth”
4. Here is the link for the layer showing the boundaries of
the tectonic plates (so that you can see that
earthquakes and volcanoes tend to be located along
those boundaries):
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/kml.php