Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at Chapter 3: Earthquakes What Causes Earthquakes? Why Do Earthquakes Cause So Much Damage? How Do We Know Where Earthquakes Occur? What Kinds of Damage Can Earthquakes Cause? How Do We Know Which Way Rocks Move in Earthquakes? What is the Relationship Between Earthquakes Where Do Earthquakes Occur on a Global Scale? Can We Predict When Earthquakes Will Occur? and Plate Tectonics?

Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at Elastic Rebound Theory of the Cause of Earthquakes Figure 3.2

Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at Focus and Epicentre of an Earthquake Figure 3.4

Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at Particle Motion in Seismic Waves Figure 3.5

Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at Simple Seismograph for Detecting Vertical Rock Motion Figure 3.6

Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at Seismograph for Horizontal Motion Figure 3.7

Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at Intervals between P Waves, S Waves, and Surface Waves Figure 3.8

Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at Travel-Time Curves Used to Determine Distance to an Earthquake Figure 3.9

Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at Locating an Earthquake Figure 3.10

Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at Zones of Different Intensity from the 1886 Charleston, SC, Earthquake Figure 3.11

Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at Comparison of Earthquake Magnitude, Description, Intensity, and Expected Annual World Occurrence Table 3.2

Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at Relationship between Magnitude, Number, and Energy of Earthquakes Figure 3.12

Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at Locations of Earthquakes Figure 3.13

Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at Map of Seismic Hazard in North America Figure 3.14

Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at Tsunamis Figure 3.19

Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at Tsunami Travel Times Figure 3.21

Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at World Distribution of Earthquakes Figure 3.22 Figure 3.22b

Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at Benioff Zone of Earthquakes Figure 3.22

Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at Seismograms of First Horizontal Motion of Rocks Along a Fault Figure 3.24

Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at Two Possible Solutions to Same Pattern of First Motion Figure 3.25

Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at Divergent Plate Boundaries Figure 3.26

Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at Transform Boundaries Figure 3.27

Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at Convergent Boundaries Figure 3.28

Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at Earthquakes Caused by (A) Compression, and (B) Tension Figure 3.29

Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at Distribution of Earthquakes with Depth Figure 3.30

Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at Descending Plate Tearing into Segments Figure 3.31

Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at Seismically Active Zones of Eastern North America Figure 3.32

Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at Earthquakes are Predictable from 1-4 as Plate A Slides Diagonally Under Plate B Figure 3.33

Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at Plate Tectonics Regime of the Pacific Northwest Box 3.3 – Figure 1

Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at Origin of Main Coastal Features as Evidence for Prehistoric Earthquakes Box 3.3 – Figure 2

Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at Two Major Breaks on the San Andreas Fault Box 3.4 – Figure 1

Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at Answers to Selected Testing Your Knowledge Questions C A A C B D A C A B B

Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at Additional Resources Student Resources Student Online Learning Centre The robust Student Edition of the Online Learning Centre at features quizzes for study and review, interactive exercises and animation, as well as additional boxed readings, searchable glossary, “Virtual Vista” environments, suggestions for further reading, and much more! Laboratory Manual The Lab Manual to accompany Physical Geology and the Environment has been created as a resource for laboratory sessions in physical geology, mirroring the "Inquiry-Based Approach" of the text. Structured on exercises and corresponding background concepts, the lab manual contains student-friendly worksheets, and has been perforated for easy lab use. Instructor Resources Instructor Online Learning Centre The OLC at includes a password-protected Web site for Instructors. The site offers downloadable supplements and access to PageOut, the McGraw-Hill Ryerson Web site development centre. Instructor’s Manual – The IM contains a chapter overview, list of changes per chapter, chapter learning objectives, further information on boxed features, short and long discussion/essay questions, and details on additional readings and resources outside the textbook. Test Bank – Contains a bank of multiple-choice and true/false questions per chapter. Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation – This presentation system offers visual presentations that may be edited and manipulated to fit a particular course format. They also contain selected solutions to the problem material. Transparencies A set of more than 200 transparencies tied to the text content are available for instructors.