WebQuest: Exploring Earthquakes
WebQuest: Exploring Earthquakes
Name(s): ________________________________________________________
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Land along faults will stay still for years, even decades at a time, building up pressure. When enough pressure builds, the land will shift suddenly and with great force. The result is an earthquake.
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Fast Facts
• There are about 8,000 earthquakes a day. That's one every 11 seconds!
• Only 1 in 5 earthquakes can be felt by people, and only 1 in 5,000 causes any damage.
• Between 1975and 1995, there was a significant earthquake in every state except Florida, Iowa, North Dakota, and Wisconsin.
• On average, Alaska has a magnitude 8 or greater earthquake every 14 years.
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WebQuest
In this journey around the Web, we'll discover what causes earthquakes, where they occurred last week, what causes tsunamis and much, much more!
• Click on the Web site(s) to find your answer.
• Put your answers on the provided worksheet.
Check out this hazard map showing probability for earthquakes. graphics/news/gra/earthquakemap/frame.htm
a) Look at the boundary map above. Compare it to the USA TODAY map. Why do you think California has so many earthquakes but Texas does not? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
b) In what hazard zone is your home located? ______________________
2. Click on this site.
Earthquake “Top 10” Lists & Maps
|Scroll down to: Earthquake Information | | |
Earthquake Information
Click on: by year
Click on: 2010
Click on: Earthquakes, Magnitude 7 and greater for 2010.
a) Where was the largest Earthquake in 2010? ____________________
b) What was the date? _________________
c) What was the magnitude? _________________
click back:
click on: deaths from earthquakes in 2010
d) How many fatalities? ___________________
3. Go back to: Earthquake “Top 10” Lists & Maps
|Click on: | |
|Deadly Earthquakes | |
|Deaths from U. S. Earthquakes | |
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a) Where was the quake that killed most people in the U.S.? ___________________________________________________________________________
|b) What was the date? __________________________ | | | |
In 1964 at Prince William Sound, Alaska
d) How many people were killed by the tsunami? ____________________
e) How many were killed by the earthquake? __________________
4. Click on:
| |Largest Earthquake each Year since 1990 |
**** Largest Earthquakes
1) How many earthquakes measured a magnitude of 9.0 or greater? ______
2) Fill in the following information about each of those quakes.
|Year |Date |Magnitude |Region |
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**** Deadliest Earthquakes
3) What was the magnitude of the 2010 quake in Haiti? ____________
4) How many fatalities were there? ________________
|5. Click on: Earthquake Information | |
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Click on: New Jersey
Click on: Notable earthquakes - Largest earthquake in New Jersey
a) What was the date of the most notable quake in Jersey? _______________________
b) What was the magnitude? __________________
c) What time was the aftershock felt? _______________
6. Click on:
a) When was the last quake in New Jersey? _______________________
b) What was the magnitude? __________________
7. Click on:
Scroll down to: Number of Earthquakes Worldwide for 2000 - 2011
a) In what year were there the most earthquakes that measured 8.0 – 9.9? _________
b) Which years were there no earthquakes that measured 8.0 – 9.9? ________________
8. Click on this site for tsunami information.
a) What is a tsunami? ____________________________________________
b) How fast do the waves move? _________________________
c) Shallow water slows the wave and causes it to grow up to _________ feet high.
9. Click on:
(World map with clickable regions)
a) Where there any earthquakes within the last hour? _________ How many? _______________________ What were the magnitudes? ______________________________.
b) Click on M5+ Earthquake list. Where was the last Earthquake with a magnitude above 5.0? _____________________________________
c) Click on North America. Click on the largest block in the US. Where was the Earthquake located? ________________________________ What was the magnitude? _______________ the date? ____________
10. click on: news/science/geology/2001-03-04-quake-predict.htm
Can scientists predict earthquakes? _________________
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Have Fun with these sites
Earthquake proof your house….. Start the Quake!!!
See if you can build a bridge to withstand an 8.0 Quake!
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