EXTRA! EXTRA! EARTHQUAKE!!!!!
You have now learned a little bit about what an earthquake is and how they happen. Now your job is to research one specific time and location where one of the biggest earthquakes of the last century occurred. You may choose any Earthquake in any part of the world. Make sure it was a big one! These questions are just your notes. I am going to grade nothing but the newspaper article that you make. So I must find the answer to each question in the article! It also needs to flow like a news story, not just answers to questions. You are telling the story just like the Author of an Article in a current paper would.
-To Get a Good Grade…
-Answer all questions
-Include picture and caption in box (Drawn or cut out)
-Be creative! (For full credit your article must contain at least 1 fake interview with either a scientist or a witness)
- If you can’t type it, WRITE NEATLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Questions
1. Where and when did the Earthquake happen?
2. Where was the epicenter and how did they know? (Describe the triangulation process, and tell the difference between the epicenter and the focus).
3. What tectonic plates were involved in this Earthquake? What type of boundary is it?
4. What is the name of the fault that your Earthquake occurred on?
5. What actually happened? (Describe the Elastic Rebound Hypothesis)
6. What was the magnitude on the Richter scale?
7. What is the difference between intensity and magnitude and what scale is used for each?
8. Describe the types ofseismic waves that were released. Which ones caused the most damage?
EXTRA! EXTRA! EARTHQUAKE!!!!!
You have now learned a little bit about what an earthquake is and how they happen. Now your job is to research one specific time and location where one of the biggest earthquakes of the last century occurred. You may choose any Earthquake in any part of the world. Make sure it was a big one! These questions are just your notes. I am going to grade nothing but the newspaper article that you make. So I must find the answer to each question in the article! It also needs to flow like a news story, not just answers to questions. You are telling the story just like the Author of an Article in a current paper would.
-To Get a Good Grade…
-Answer all questions
-Include picture and caption in box (Drawn or cut out)
-Be creative! (For full credit your article must contain at least 1 fake interview with either a scientist or a witness)
- If you can’t type it, WRITE NEATLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Questions
1. Where and when did the Earthquake happen?
2. Where was the epicenter and how did they know? (Describe the triangulation process, and tell the difference between the epicenter and the focus).
3. What tectonic plates were involved in this Earthquake? What type of boundary is it?
4. What is the name of the fault that your Earthquake occurred on?
5. What actually happened? (Describe the Elastic Rebound Hypothesis)
6. What was the magnitude on the Richter scale?
7. What is the difference between intensity and magnitude and what scale is used for each?
8. Describe the types of seismic waves that were released. Which ones caused the most damage?