Quiz/Review Get out a small piece of paper and put your name on it. When the bell rings, the quiz will begin.
Question 1 Name a place where volcanoes form?
Question 2 What is the most common hotspot in the Northern Hemisphere?
Question 3 What causes a specific plate to subduct under another?
Answers 1)Plate boundaries (divergent, convergent and hotspot) 2)Hawaii 3)Density
Earthquakes
What Earthquakes are releases of energy from tectonic plates interacting with each other. Mostly from convergent and transform plate boundaries.
Effects When they happen under water they create a tsunami or big wave. The releases of energy shakes the crust violently which causes many problems!
Where
Parts of the Earthquake
Faults San Andres fault in California, USA… Transform
An explanation of an earthquake
Let see the brick demo
Discuss the demo ItemRepresent 1.) Brick 2.) Sandpaper 3.) Rubber Band 4.) 5.) 6.) 7.) 8.)
Earthquake Destruction
Earthquake scales Mercalli Scale Scale calculated from surveys of damage. Richter Scale Scale calculated from seismic data collected.