Slide 1Earthquakes Slide 2 Earthquakes are natural vibrations of the ground, caused by: Fractures in earths crust Volcanic eruptions Slide 3 Stress and Strain Stress causes…

Slide 1What is an Earthquake? Chapter 8, Section 1 Slide 2 Earthquakes Earthquake – vibration of Earth produced by the rapid release of energy Focus – the point within…

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Slide 1 E3.P3XB Unit Plate Boundaries and Earthquakes Slide 2 Types of Plate Boundaries Divergent Transform Convergent Slide 3 Assignment Students are to draw a table BoundariesCorresponding…

Earthquakes Slinky Beaker, Wet Sand, Weight Cardboard Fault models Chewing Gum Wood meter stick pencil What is an earthquake? An earthquake is the vibration of Earth produced…

Earthquakes Last time we considered faults. Today we discuss the consequence of a fault’s movement Slinky Beaker, Wet Sand, Weight Ball Point Pen A seismogram What is an…