Earthquake WebQuest
Answer all questions in your notebook using complete sentences!
1. Look at the earthquake maps in the links below. How do they compare to the map you made? Summarize patterns and compare the maps in 3 sentences.
Seismic Monitor
USGS Earthquake Map
Quakes Live Earthquake Map
2. Last week in class students were curious about: how scientists know about the layers of the earth if it is too hot to actually dig down there? Check out the following web resources, and then answer the question yourself using these words: P and S waves, earthquakes, lithosphere, mantle, core , plate boundary
Khan Academy: How do we know about the earth's core?
UCSB Scienceline
How do we know what is in earth's core? Popular Mechanics Article
Layers of the Earth: Video and history
3. Earthquake Magnitude Scale. Make a table in your notebook of the Richter Magnitude Scale for earthquakes.
UPS:EIS
USGS
4. 2011 Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. Explore the following resources about this devastating earthquake. Then answer these questions:
-Why was this earthquake so devastating?
-What magnitude earthquake was it?
-What impacts were there to people and the environment?
CNN Report Fast Facts
Scientific American Fast Facts
NOAA
5. Pick another major earthquake to research online. Use this list or find a different one of your choice. Then describe the event in your own words, and be ready to share with classmates.
Major and deadly earthquakes list:
1. Look at the earthquake maps in the links below. How do they compare to the map you made? Summarize patterns and compare the maps in 3 sentences.
Seismic Monitor
USGS Earthquake Map
Quakes Live Earthquake Map
2. Last week in class students were curious about: how scientists know about the layers of the earth if it is too hot to actually dig down there? Check out the following web resources, and then answer the question yourself using these words: P and S waves, earthquakes, lithosphere, mantle, core , plate boundary
Khan Academy: How do we know about the earth's core?
UCSB Scienceline
How do we know what is in earth's core? Popular Mechanics Article
Layers of the Earth: Video and history
3. Earthquake Magnitude Scale. Make a table in your notebook of the Richter Magnitude Scale for earthquakes.
UPS:EIS
USGS
4. 2011 Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. Explore the following resources about this devastating earthquake. Then answer these questions:
-Why was this earthquake so devastating?
-What magnitude earthquake was it?
-What impacts were there to people and the environment?
CNN Report Fast Facts
Scientific American Fast Facts
NOAA
5. Pick another major earthquake to research online. Use this list or find a different one of your choice. Then describe the event in your own words, and be ready to share with classmates.
- Location, date , and magnitude
- Impacts on people and environment
- Interesting facts about the earthquake
Major and deadly earthquakes list:
- Sumatra, Indonesia, Dec. 26, 2004
- Haiti, Jan 12, 2010
- Kanto, Japan, Sept. 1, 1923
- Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Oct. 5, 1948
- Rat Islands, Alaska, 1965 - Magnitude 8.7
- April 2015 Nepal earthquake
- Assam-Tibet, 1950
- Northern Sumatra, Indonesia, 2005