Earthquakes Hazards and Safety PPT
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Essential Question: How do we protect ourselves from earthquakes?
1. In what area of our planet are earthquakes most common?
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2. How is Earth affected by plate boundaries?
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3. Which is the hanging wall and which is the foot wall in a fault?
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4. Describe the motion of the foot wall and the hanging wall in a normal fault.
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5. Describe the motion of the foot wall and the hanging wall in a reverse fault.
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6. What is the location within Earth where earthquake begin?
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7. Which state has the most frequent earthquakes? Why?
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8. Describe the locations of nuclear power plants in the United States?
Any relation with the earthquake map?
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9. How do seismologists determine the location of the EPICENTER?
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10. Stress causes Strain. What are the three types of strain?
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11. Seismic waves are produced by earthquakes. What are the three types of seismic waves?
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12. Describe the movements of the three types of seismic waves?
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13. What is the difference between intensity and magnitude?
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14. Which will have a higher intensity of earthquake given the same magnitude?
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15. How is the intensity affected by the distance from the epicenter?
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16.Why are seismic waves of an earthquake more strongly felt at the epicenter of an earthquake?
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17. How are we affected by earthquakes?
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18. What can we do protect ourselves against the dangers of earthquakes?
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19. Why are aftershocks so dangerous?
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Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/seven-factors-that-contribute-to-the-destructiveness-of-an-earthquake44395116/#qUAxC3Chx7LxGWCd.99
http://www.problem-attic.com/
Define the following using the internet or your textbook.
Epicenter ( p. 499 )
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Fault ( p. 497 )
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Focus ( p. 499 )
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Primary wave ( p. 498 )
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Secondary wave ( p. 498 )
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Strain ( p. 496 )
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Stress ( p. 495 )
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Surface wave ( p. 498 )
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Magnitude ( p. 505 )
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Intensity (p. 506)
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