Earthquake Web Quest Extra Credit Due February 25, 2013

Earthquake Web Quest Extra Credit – Due February 25, 2013

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Directions: Download Web Quest, so that you can type your answers onto the Word document. Please answer questions in complete sentences. Use a different font or color so that your answers are easily visible. When you have completed the web quest, please email assignment to Mrs. Smith. [email protected]

1. Click onto Earthquake Myths at: http://www.usgs.gov/faq/index.php?action=show&cat=113

Pick two of the myths listed on the USGS Earthquake Myths page linked above. Tell me the myths and the correct answer to the myths.

a. Myth #1:

b. Myth #2:

2. Using the USGS Glossary, http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/glossary/ define the following terms.

A. seismograph

B. seismogram

C. epicenter

D. hypocenter (focus)

E. P wave

F. S wave

H. surface wave

I. love wave

3. Click onto Measuring Earthquakes at: http://www.usgs.gov/faq/index.php?action=show&cat=113

a. Briefly describe how earthquakes are recorded.

b. What is the difference between intensity and magnitude? c. What was the first instrument to ever record an earthquake? How did it work?

4. Earthquake History: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/today/

a. Look up today’s date. What happened on this day in Earthquake History?

b. Look up your birthday. Summarize what happened in Earthquake History on your birthday (even if it wasn’t the same year).

5. Click onto Earthquake Preparedness: http://www.usgs.gov/faq/index.php?action=show&cat=113

a. What three things should you not do during an earthquake?

b. What three things should you do during an earthquake?

c. What three things can you do to plan ahead and prepare for an earthquake?

6. Earthquake Trivia: Go to the link and search out the answers to the following trivia questions. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/facts.php

a. What is the largest recorded earthquake in the world?

b. What is the largest recorded earthquake in the United States?

c. How many detectable earthquakes happen each year? How many actually cause damage?

d. How many earthquakes does southern California have each year?

e. What fault is responsible for creating earthquakes in the central U.S.? Explain why these earthquakes seem much larger in the Midwest compared to those in the West.

f. Which two states have the least number of earthquakes?

g. Which state has the most earthquakes?