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Mr. Altorfer Science EARTHQUAKES

Mr. Altorfer Science EARTHQUAKES. Pages 292 to 303. Earthquakes. A . What are earthquakes? 1 . Earthquakes are vibrations in the ground that result from movement along breaks in Earth's lithosphere.

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Mr. Altorfer Science EARTHQUAKES

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  1. Mr. AltorferScienceEARTHQUAKES Pages 292 to 303

  2. Earthquakes • A. What are earthquakes? • 1. Earthquakes are vibrations in the ground that result from movement along breaks in Earth's lithosphere. • 2. The forces that move tectonic plates also push and pull rocks along breaks in the lithosphere.

  3. What are earthquakes

  4. B. Where do earthquakes occur? • 1. Most earthquakes occur along active plateboundaries. These areas are generally in the middle of oceans or along the edges of continents. • a. Deep earthquakes occur along convergent plate boundaries, where a denser oceanic plate subducts into the mantle. • b. Shallow earthquakes are common along divergent boundaries, where plates separate. • c. Earthquakes of varying depths occur where continents collide.

  5. Where do Earthquakes occur?

  6. Where do Earthquakes occur?

  7. 2. Pressure applied to rock can change the shape of a rock in a process called deformation. This can eventually break the rock. • 3. A fault is a break in Earth's lithosphere where one block of rock moves toward, away from, or past another block. • 4. The three main kinds of faults are strike-slip faults, reverse faults, and normal faults.

  8. Strike-slip Fault

  9. Normal Fault

  10. Reverse Fault

  11. 5. When rocks move in any direction along a fault, they release energy in the Earth’s crust in seismic waves. • a. Seismic waves originate along the fault where rocks first begin to move. This location inside Earth is the focus of the earthquake. • b. The epicenter of an earthquake is the location on Earth’s surface directly above the focus.

  12. The epicenter is the location on Earth’s surface directly above the earthquake’s focus. Lesson 1-2

  13. C. Seismic Waves • 1. The energy released during an earthquake is strongest near the epicenter. • 2. An earthquake's energy travels in three kinds of seismic waves. • a. Primary Waves (P-waves) cause particles in the ground to move in a push-pull motion similar to a coiled spring. • b. Secondary Waves (S-waves)move rock particles side to side and up down at right angles to the direction that the wave travels. • c. Surface Waves move the ground up and down and side to side, like an ocean wave.

  14. Primary Waves

  15. Secondary Waves

  16. Surface Waves

  17. D. Mapping Earth’s Interior • 1. Scientists who study earthquakes are called seismologists. • 2. Seismic waves travel at different speeds and in different directions, depending on the materials they travel through. • 3. S-waves cannot travel through liquids, including Earth’s outer core. • 4. S-waves slow down as they travel through hot material. From this information, scientists model convection currents in Earth's mantel. • 5. A seismometer measures and records how much the ground moves and can be used to determine distance seismic waves travel. • 6. A seismogram is a graphical illustration of seismic waves.

  18. P-waves and S-waves at different depths within Earth’s interior travel at different speeds. Lesson 1-4

  19. Seismogram Seismometer

  20. E. Determining Earthquake Magnitude • 1. The Richter magnitude scale uses the amount of motion at a given distance from an earthquake to determine the magnitude of the earthquake. • 2. The moment magnitude scale measures the total amount of energy released by an earthquake. • 3. The Modified Mercalli scale measures the earthquake intensity based on descriptions of the earthquake’s effects on people and structures. • 4. In the United States, most earthquakes occur near transform faults and convergent plate boundaries. • 5. Seismologists assess earthquake risk based on past earthquake activity, the geology around a fault, population density, and building design.

  21. Seismologists use a method called triangulation to locate an earthquake’s epicenter. Lesson 1-4

  22. Lesson 1-4

  23. The Modified Mercalli scale measures earthquake intensity based on descriptions of the earthquake’s effects on people and structures. Lesson 1-5

  24. Areas that experienced earthquakes in the past will likely experience earthquakes again. Lesson 1-5

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