1. Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummerwww.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummer 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?

2. Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummerwww.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummer Elastic Rebound Theory of the Cause of Earthquakes Figure 3.2

3. Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummerwww.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummer Focus and Epicentre of an Earthquake Figure 3.4

4. Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummerwww.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummer Particle Motion in Seismic Waves Figure 3.5

5. Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummerwww.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummer Simple Seismograph for Detecting Vertical Rock Motion Figure 3.6

6. Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummerwww.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummer Seismograph for Horizontal Motion Figure 3.7

7. Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummerwww.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummer Intervals between P Waves, S Waves, and Surface Waves Figure 3.8

8. Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummerwww.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummer Travel-Time Curves Used to Determine Distance to an Earthquake Figure 3.9

9. Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummerwww.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummer Locating an Earthquake Figure 3.10

10. Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummerwww.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummer Zones of Different Intensity from the 1886 Charleston, SC, Earthquake Figure 3.11

11. Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummerwww.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummer Comparison of Earthquake Magnitude, Description, Intensity, and Expected Annual World Occurrence Table 3.2

12. Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummerwww.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummer Relationship between Magnitude, Number, and Energy of Earthquakes Figure 3.12

13. Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummerwww.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummer Locations of Earthquakes 1977-1987 Figure 3.13

14. Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummerwww.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummer Map of Seismic Hazard in North America Figure 3.14

15. Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummerwww.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummer Tsunamis Figure 3.19

16. Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummerwww.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummer Tsunami Travel Times Figure 3.21

17. Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummerwww.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummer World Distribution of Earthquakes Figure 3.22 Figure 3.22b

18. Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummerwww.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummer Benioff Zone of Earthquakes Figure 3.22

19. Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummerwww.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummer Seismograms of First Horizontal Motion of Rocks Along a Fault Figure 3.24

20. Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummerwww.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummer Two Possible Solutions to Same Pattern of First Motion Figure 3.25

21. Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummerwww.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummer Divergent Plate Boundaries Figure 3.26

22. Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummerwww.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummer Transform Boundaries Figure 3.27

23. Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummerwww.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummer Convergent Boundaries Figure 3.28

24. Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummerwww.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummer Earthquakes Caused by (A) Compression, and (B) Tension Figure 3.29

25. Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummerwww.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummer Distribution of Earthquakes with Depth Figure 3.30

26. Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummerwww.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummer Descending Plate Tearing into Segments Figure 3.31

27. Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummerwww.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummer Seismically Active Zones of Eastern North America Figure 3.32

28. Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummerwww.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummer Earthquakes are Predictable from 1-4 as Plate A Slides Diagonally Under Plate B Figure 3.33

29. Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummerwww.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummer Plate Tectonics Regime of the Pacific Northwest Box 3.3 – Figure 1

30. Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummerwww.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummer Origin of Main Coastal Features as Evidence for Prehistoric Earthquakes Box 3.3 – Figure 2

31. Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummerwww.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummer Two Major Breaks on the San Andreas Fault Box 3.4 – Figure 1

32. Chapter 3: Earthquakes Visit the Online Learning Centre at www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummerwww.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummer Answers to Selected Testing Your Knowledge Questions 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. C A A C B D A C A B B

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