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Tracking Earthquakes Around the World Project Name:

What are Earthquakes? Background Research

What are Earthquakes? Background Research

What are Earthquakes? Background Research

Pangea Scan

Map #1 Top 10 Earthquakes

Map #2 Recent Earthquakes

Tracking Earthquakes 1. Based on your research, do you think that the theory of plate tectonics can help predict where earthquakes are going to occur? What is the value of being able to make such predictions?

2. According to the theory of continental drift, about 200 million years ago, all the continents used to be part of one supercontinent. Over time, the supercontinent broke up and drifted apart—the separate pieces becoming the continents we know today. According to this theory, what might the Earth look like in about one million years? One hundred million years?

3. Do you think there is any relationship between where earthquakes occur and where volcanoes erupt? Using your earthquake data, can you predict where volcanoes will occur?

4. Imagine that you are a geologist called in to work on an international earthquake preparedness plan. What factors would you have to consider? What areas of the world would be targeted? What are the benefits of developing such a plan?

5. Given the tremendous growth in technology, do you think there is a tool other than a seismograph that could be developed to measure the strength of an earthquake? Try your hand at designing such a device. How would it work? What would it measure? Is it more effective than a seismograph?

6. Are you surprised at the number of earthquakes that occur on a regular basis? What do you think that the number of earthquakes tells us about the planet Earth?

7. What did you learn during this project?

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