When I say high level thinking, I mean Synthesis and evaluation. Synthesis is to create or change (hypothesize, adapt, or imagine). Evaluation is to justify (judge, conclude, or interpret)
1. Put these events in order and then describe each: aftershock,
foreshock, and earthquake.
2. What is the difference between the focus and the epicenter of an
earthquake?
3. What three conditions are needed for stick-slip motion?
4. How is a lithospheric plate like a line of moving grocery carts?
5. How can one earthquake cause another earthquake?
6. What is the difference between body waves and surface waves?
7. List what can happen to a seismic wave as it moves from one
material to another.
8. What is measured to determine the location of an epicenter?
9. At least how many seismic stations are needed to find the
epicenter of an earthquake?
10. Are earthquakes the only source of seismic waves? Explain
your answer.
11. How many times stronger is a 3.0 magnitude earthquake
compared to a 2.0 magnitude earthquake on the Richter scale?
12. A friend tells you he witnessed books and other objects falling
off his bookcase during an earthquake. What was the
magnitude of this earthquake:
a. on the Modified Mercalli scale?
b. on the Richter scale?
13. The largest earthquake ever recorded occurred in Chile, which
is on the west coast of South America. Why are earthquakes to
be expected in Chile? Explain your answer.
14. Why is it possible for a single earthquake to have different
Modified Mercalli scale ratings in different locations?
1. What is the difference between magma and lava?
2. What is the difference between a dormant volcano and an
active volcano?
3. A solid rock begins to melt:
a. under what conditions of temperature and pressure?
b. under what conditions of temperature and water content?
4. If you could increase the silica content of lava, would the lava
get more sticky or less sticky?
5. What two ingredients in magma affect the type of explosion and
shape of a volcano?
6. Describe what a high-gas, high-silica eruption is like. Then,
describe a low-gas, low-silica eruption.
7. Answer continental plate or oceanic plate in response to these
questions.
a. Where is runny lava found?
b. Where is thick and sticky lava found?
8. What causes the region called the Ring of Fire?
9. Name a difference between an island chain and an island arc.
10.When volcanic island chains are formed, what moves?
a. the mantle plume b. the plate above the mantle plume
c. both the plate and the plume d. nothing moves
11.What kind of geologic formation is Loihi? Is it a part of the
Hawaiian Island Chain? Explain your answer.
12.How have scientists figured out that the Pacific Plate is moving
at about 9 centimeters per year?
1. Put these events in order and then describe each: aftershock,
foreshock, and earthquake.
2. What is the difference between the focus and the epicenter of an
earthquake?
3. What three conditions are needed for stick-slip motion?
4. How is a lithospheric plate like a line of moving grocery carts?
5. How can one earthquake cause another earthquake?
6. What is the difference between body waves and surface waves?
7. List what can happen to a seismic wave as it moves from one
material to another.
8. What is measured to determine the location of an epicenter?
9. At least how many seismic stations are needed to find the
epicenter of an earthquake?
10. Are earthquakes the only source of seismic waves? Explain
your answer.
11. How many times stronger is a 3.0 magnitude earthquake
compared to a 2.0 magnitude earthquake on the Richter scale?
12. A friend tells you he witnessed books and other objects falling
off his bookcase during an earthquake. What was the
magnitude of this earthquake:
a. on the Modified Mercalli scale?
b. on the Richter scale?
13. The largest earthquake ever recorded occurred in Chile, which
is on the west coast of South America. Why are earthquakes to
be expected in Chile? Explain your answer.
14. Why is it possible for a single earthquake to have different
Modified Mercalli scale ratings in different locations?
1. What is the difference between magma and lava?
2. What is the difference between a dormant volcano and an
active volcano?
3. A solid rock begins to melt:
a. under what conditions of temperature and pressure?
b. under what conditions of temperature and water content?
4. If you could increase the silica content of lava, would the lava
get more sticky or less sticky?
5. What two ingredients in magma affect the type of explosion and
shape of a volcano?
6. Describe what a high-gas, high-silica eruption is like. Then,
describe a low-gas, low-silica eruption.
7. Answer continental plate or oceanic plate in response to these
questions.
a. Where is runny lava found?
b. Where is thick and sticky lava found?
8. What causes the region called the Ring of Fire?
9. Name a difference between an island chain and an island arc.
10.When volcanic island chains are formed, what moves?
a. the mantle plume b. the plate above the mantle plume
c. both the plate and the plume d. nothing moves
11.What kind of geologic formation is Loihi? Is it a part of the
Hawaiian Island Chain? Explain your answer.
12.How have scientists figured out that the Pacific Plate is moving
at about 9 centimeters per year?