Geology Webquest – Earthquakes
Name ___________________________________
Period ____
Directions: Go to
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=earthquakes%2c+seismic+waves%2c+and+tsunami&FORM=VIRE1#view=deta
il&mid=84FEE926D24C5AB9279784FEE926D24C5AB92797
- View the video related to the Japan Tsunami.
As you discover about earthquakes, answer the following questions.
World-Wide Active Earthquakes
1.
Visit the interactive map at http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/
and find the location of an earthquake that occurred in the last week.
a. What is the region of the earthquake?
b.
When did the earthquake occur?
c.
What was the magnitude of the earthquake?
Earthquakes
2.
Read about the Indonesia earthquake at http://ph.infoplease.com/spot/tsunami.html
a. Explain what a tsunami is.
b.
3.
How many countries were hit by the tsunami on December 26, 2004?
Read about the San Francisco earthquake at http://www.sfmuseum.org/1906/06.html. Read about the
earthquake of 1906.
a. When did the earthquake occur?
b.
Along what fault did the earthquake occur?
c.
Describe the devastation caused by the earthquake.
Go to:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/nca/1906/
view the shaking simulation.
Faults view the simulations at: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth/animations/index.html
Do a web search to define the following terms:
4.
What is a fault?
5.
What is a fold?
6.
View the fault animations at:
http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es1103/es1103page01.cfm
a.
Define hanging wall
b.
Define foot wall
Review Earthquakes at the following site: http://study.com/academy/topic/holt-mcdougal-earth-science-chapter-8earthquakes.html
7.
What is a focus?
8.
What is an epicenter?
Go to the following web site: http://www.sciencecourseware.org/VirtualEarthquake/VQuakeExecute.html
9.
What is a seismic wave?
Explain the differences between S (secondary) and P (primary) waves
4. Follow the instructions on the virtual lab website and finish the lab.
5. When you are finished, print out the “Virtual Seismologist Certificate of Completion” and
staple it to this worksheet. Be sure to include the data table below the certificate also.
10. Read the information on http://crack.seismo.unr.edu/ftp/pub/louie/class/100/seismic-waves.html
a.
Describe the two types of deformation caused by an earthquake fault rupture.
1. static deformation
2.
b.
dynamic deformation
How does a seismograph work?
Measuring Earthquakes
11. Read about Measuring Earthquakes on http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/earthq1/measure.html.
c. Explain the two types of vibrations produced by earthquakes.
1. surface waves
2.
body waves
The severity of an earthquake can be expressed in several ways:
d. What does the Richter Scale measure?
e.
What does the Moment Magnitude Scale measure?
f.
What does the Modified Mercalli Scale measure?
Quiz
Take the quiz at http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/science/earthquakes/quiz208.html
and see how much you have learned!