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CTEL EarthComm Web Site Assignment
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Volcanoes
- Activity 1, Volcanoes on Land, USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory
- "Volcano Types - Quick Reference Guide" Describe two differences
between shield volcanoes and stratovolcanoes.
- Activity 2, Topographic Maps, "USGS - Topographic Map Symbols".
In the space below, draw the map symbols for the following land features:
a mine and an orchard.
- Activity 5, Volcanic Gases, "Volcano Hazards Fact Sheet":
Name four gases that volcanoes release into the atmosphere. How does
sulfur dioxide gas affect the atmosphere?
Plate Tectonics
- Activity 1, Measuring Plate Motions with GPS, "Understanding
Plate Motions": What is the range of speeds of plate motion?
How do GPS instruments help us to track plate motions?
- Activity 3, Evidence for Earth's Layered Structure, "Earth's
Interior and Plate Tectonics": What is the difference between
the terms crust and lithosphere? How deep in the Earth is the top
of the Earth's core?
- Activity 4, Hot Spots, "USGS - "Hot spots:" Mantle
Thermal Plumes": What is a hot spot? What does the hot spot theory
predict about the nature of the Hawaiian Island chain? Name at least
two other hot spots.
Earthquakes
- Activity 1, Earthquakes: "Where do Earthquakes Occur?":
List the names of the three kinds of faults. Which is represented
by California's San Andreas Fault.
- Activity 1, Earthquakes, "The Largest Earthquakes State by
State" Give the year, magnitude moment and intensity value for
the two most powerful earthquakes to strike California.
- Activity 2, Seismometers: "Seismographs - Keeping Track of
Earthquakes": Why do modern seismograph stations consist of three
instruments?
Bonus Question: Visit the California
Geological Survey Seismic Hazards Mapping program website. Find
and print a seismic hazard map of your community. |
