Quiz/Review Get out a small piece of paper and put your name on it. When the bell rings, the quiz will begin.

Question 1 Name a place where volcanoes form?

Question 2 What is the most common hotspot in the Northern Hemisphere?

Question 3 What causes a specific plate to subduct under another?

Answers 1)Plate boundaries (divergent, convergent and hotspot) 2)Hawaii 3)Density

Earthquakes

What Earthquakes are releases of energy from tectonic plates interacting with each other. Mostly from convergent and transform plate boundaries.

Effects When they happen under water they create a tsunami or big wave. The releases of energy shakes the crust violently which causes many problems!

Where

Parts of the Earthquake

Faults San Andres fault in California, USA… Transform

An explanation of an earthquake

Let see the brick demo

Discuss the demo ItemRepresent 1.) Brick 2.) Sandpaper 3.) Rubber Band 4.) 5.) 6.) 7.) 8.)

Earthquake Destruction

Earthquake scales Mercalli Scale Scale calculated from surveys of damage. Richter Scale Scale calculated from seismic data collected.