Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Earthquakes and Tsunamis - Landforms Unit / Natural Hazards Unit

Creating CASE STUDIES to understand plate tectonics and natural hazards:

1. What causes earthquakes?
Interactive animation for earthquakes

2. What causes tsunamis? Does every earthquake cause a tsunami?

3. What sort of damage is caused by earthquakes? Compare and contrast damage caused by four earthquakes.

4. What sort of damage is caused by tsunamis? Compare and contrast damage caused by the two tsunamis.

5. How does geographic location affect natural disasters (especially earthquakes and tsunamis)? What tectonic factors caused these earthquakes to occur? What type of boundaries and what is happening there?
  • Haiti (2010)
  • Japan (2011)
  • Indonesia (2004)
  • Chile (2010)
Interactive Map of Plate Boundaries

6. Compare and contrast the epicenter, depth, magnitude of the following earthquakes.

7. How does level of development affect the level of natural hazard?
  • Haiti (2010)
  • Japan (2011)
  • Indonesia (2004)
  • Chile (2010)
Where are the most deadly earthquakes? What is similar about the countries where the most deaths occur?


BONUS:
Iceland volcano is another natural disaster related to plate tectonics. Answer questions 3, 5, and 7 regarding volcanoes and find 2 interactive websites that allow students to understand volcanoes (especially Iceland volcano) better.

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