Online Assignment

Due Friday December 9

Directions:

1. Go to the USGS – Earthquake Center Website, this shows all the activity for the past 7 days. Find yesterday’s earthquake data. Click on the map above, or the link above, to open that web site.

2. Choose 3 different earthquake locations, with magnitudes of 3.0 or higher, and plot them on the map provided using a colored pencil.

3. Each date will be a different color, for example 11/24/16= red, 11/25/16= blue, etc…  On your map, create a key to indicate when those earthquakes occurred.

4. Continue until you have 5 days plotted on your map (25 data points total).

You will find the earthquakes for each day this week, record the earthquake data, and then plot the location of the earthquake on the map you received in class.  By the end of the week you will have all 5 charts completed. 

We will use the information from the chart, and what we had discussed in class, for a WORM activity on Monday, December 12.

If you cannot find your map, click on the map below for another copy.

If you cannot find your worksheet, click here for another copy.

You may also use an APP that you find for your Smart Phone or Tablet. Look for “Earthquakes” apps that provide real time data.

Have Fun!

Alternate Assignment:

Click on the picture below to take you to

My Schoolhouse.

Read the article and complete the answers on the screen.

Keep trying until you get 8/8 correct!

When you get them all correct, print out the page that looks like the picture below, or complete the worksheet from class.

In class this week we will look at the movement of the Earth’s crust along a crack in the crust called a fault. The earth slips, slides or drops along these faults depending on the stress involved, and the direction of movement. We discussed three types of stress – tension, compression and shearing.

REMEMBER

PLOTTING EARTHQUAKES

WORM NEXT WEEK!

 

Click on the picture above to see the animations of the Fault Motions. Think and answer the following questions:

Along what type of plate boundary might you find COMPRESSION stress? _________________

Along what type of plate boundary might you find TENSION stress?

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Along what type of plate boundary might you find SHEARING stress? _________________