SpaceCoast Jr./Sr. High School

Cocoa, Florida

Questions prepared by:

Rosie and Daniel

Period 1

4 December, 2006
Do the earthquakes appear to occur all over the earth's surface or only in isolated regions? The earthquakes seem to occur near the equator around the Celebes Sea near the Philippines. Do you think that there might be a correlation between tectonic plates and earthquakes? They also are occurring near the coast of Peru and Chile.

  1. Do you think that there might be a correlation between tectonic plates and earthquakes? Earthquakes occur through the friction of tectonic plates. When tectonic plates glide or slide up with one another that may make an earthquake.
  1. What do you think this correlation is? I think that correlation is what two things have in common or how things interact with other things

d. What do you think is happening in the places where two plates are touching each other? When two plates are touching each other they are basically making friction and grinding up on one another. Like maybe if the tectonic plates on the bottom of the ocean start to touch or make friction that makes a tsunami or makes big waves

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e. When two plates rub against each what might the results be? Why? How might this relate to earthquakes? The result of two plates rubbing up against each other end up being a earth quake because when the plates meet each other it beds the surface of the earth which starts to crack ,that’s how I see it.

  1. a. Do deep earthquakes seem to correlate to any particular type of plate boundary? If so, what type of boundary?

Convergent boundaries are where most earthquakes erupt because the plates collide.

  1. Do shallow earthquakes seem to correlate to any particular type of plate boundary? If so, what type of boundary?Transform boundary seems to be the boundary was most shallow earthquakes occur.
  2. If there is a correlation, can you explain it? Well with the shallow earthquake it occurs mostly on the surface of the earth’s crust and so the plate boundary also occurs when two plates are sliding past each other underneath are feet on the layer beneath us
  1. How fast is it moving in one year? How far will it move in 10 years? 100 years? 1,000 years? 100,000 years? A million years?
    it will move about 10cm a year. In ten years it will move 100cm (3 feet). in 100 years it move1,000. In 1,000 years it will move 10,000. In 10,000 it will move 100,000cm.
  1. Determine the plate on which station HILO is located. What plates are touching it? It is located on the Pacific plate. The plates that are touching the Pacific plate is the Antarctic, Nazca,Cocos, Australian, Philippine, Eurasian, North American, and the Juan de Fuca.

4. Use the "direction arrow" for station HILO to determine the direction that that station will move in. Assuming that station HILO remains moving in that direction, use the scale on your map to determine where station HILO will be in for each of the time periods above. Hilo is moving North West.

5. Do the same activity for station AUCK in Auckland, New Zealand.

  1. How fast is it moving in one year? About 5 cm/year.
  2. How far will it move in 10 years? About 50 cm/year. 100 years? About 500 cm/year. 1,000 years? About 5,000 cm/year. 100,000 years? About 500,000 cm/year. A million years? About 5,000,000 cm/year.

3. Determine the plate on which station Auck is located. What plates are touching it? Auck is located on the Australian plate. The plates that are touching it are the Pacific, Antarctic, Eurasian, and the African.

4. Use the "direction arrow" for station Auck to determine the direction that that station will move in. Assuming that station Auck remains moving in that direction, use the scale on your map to determine where station Auck will be in for each of the time periods above. Auck is goingnorth.

  1. See if you can answer these questions:
  2. How would the movement of either station affect the climate that plants and animals located on the land mass would experience?

The movement of the stations would affect the environment because the continent could enter an area that is different climate that the plants and animals can’t adapt to and could kill them.

  1. How might this change in climate affect the habitat on the land mass?

This change would affect the animals’ habitat because the plants and trees could die from the weather.

  1. How might this habitat affect the animals?

This habitat would affect the animals because they would have nowhere to live and would be killed by other predators.

  1. What animals living in the region might become extinct and which might be able to survive? The animals that might become extinct are the animals that could be killed by a major weather change. The animals that could survive are fish and insects.