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Breaking News: Students Studying Seismology Surmise Summaries in Story

 

You are going to report on an earthquake in very distinct manners. The first thing you need to do is to create a location for your earthquake to take place (it can be made up if you want). Then you need to write one paragraph or more describing what you saw and experienced and the extent of the damage. Then you will write a paragraph or more on describing what happened scientifically using questions 1, 2, 3, 4, and 10 to create this paragraph. Please use words such as tectonic plates, crust, mantle, fault, Richter Scale, magnitude, and epicenter.

 

Correct answers on the webquest will be worth 7 points each, and the newspaper story will be worth 30, 10 of which will be for an accurate description and the other 20 for using all 7 vocab words correctly.

 

A picture that goes with your story will be worth 1 puzzle piece per person.

Here is an article to check out for ideas.

Please answer the follwing questions using three to four sentences each. I have given sentence starters for you to use to complete your newspaper article.

1. What causes most earthquakes?
Most earthquakes are caused by...

2. How do scientists measure earthquakes?
Earthquakes are measured by...

3. How can scientists tell where earthquakes happened? What is an epicenter?
Scientists can tell where an earthquake happened by...

4. What is the rating scale for an earthquake?
The severity of an earthquake is actually measured using two different scales, to measure both the magnitude and the intensity. (Writers: Describe each of the two types and list the scales for each. This will take quite  a bit of space.)

5. How frequently do earthquakes occur in the US?
Earthquakes occur...

6. Where do most earthquakes in the US occur?
(Change map to US and 7 days - all) Most earthquakes in the US occur in...

7. How often do earthquakes occur in Maine?
(This map may help as well) Earthquakes occur in Maine every...

8. Is Maine a high risk area for earthquakes?
There is/is not a  major fault line in Maine...

9. What was the most recent earthquake in Maine? Where was it's epicenter? How far away was it felt?
It was in...

10. What can someone do to prepare for an earthquake?
To prepare for an earthquake, people can...