4.2 Earthquakes
Reading Assignment: Chapter 8 - Earthquakes and Earth's Interior
Student Notes
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Learning Objectives
After reading, studying, and discussing the chapter, students should be able to:
8.1 Sketch and describe the mechanism that generates most earthquakes.
8.2 Compare and contrast the types of seismic waves and describe the principle of the seismograph.
8.3 Distinguish between intensity scales and magnitude scales.
8.4 List and describe the major destructive forces that can be triggered by earthquake vibrations.
8.5 Locate Earth’s major earthquake belts on a world map and label the regions associated with the largest earthquakes.
8.6 Compare and contrast the goals of short-range earthquake predictions and long-range forecasts.
8.7 Explain how Earth acquired its layered structure and briefly describe how seismic waves are used to probe Earth’s interior.
8.8 List and describe each of Earth’s major layers.
8.1 Sketch and describe the mechanism that generates most earthquakes.
8.2 Compare and contrast the types of seismic waves and describe the principle of the seismograph.
8.3 Distinguish between intensity scales and magnitude scales.
8.4 List and describe the major destructive forces that can be triggered by earthquake vibrations.
8.5 Locate Earth’s major earthquake belts on a world map and label the regions associated with the largest earthquakes.
8.6 Compare and contrast the goals of short-range earthquake predictions and long-range forecasts.
8.7 Explain how Earth acquired its layered structure and briefly describe how seismic waves are used to probe Earth’s interior.
8.8 List and describe each of Earth’s major layers.
Earthquakes 101
2:38. NatGeo.
Summary of Earthquake Waves
4:36.
1989 Loma Prieta Quake.
2:56. History Channel.
March 2011 Honshu, Japan Quake (with Tsunami)
3:34. NatGeo.
Disaster in Japan
42:21. YouTube
Animated map, all earthquakes 2001 - 2015.
3:42