PPT-1/23/12 - Bellringer How might you measure an earthquake?

193 Measuring and Locating Earthquakes Magnitude Magnitude a measure of energy produced by earthquake Amplitude Height of wave Richter Scale numerical rating system used to measure the magnitude of an earthquake. : Take out Fuel Cycle Cards to practice! You should be getting good by now! Practice ordering them using the description of the step, not the name of the step!. Hwk. : STUDY. Multiple Choice part of Quiz tomorrow!. - 11/4. For each of the following sentences, decide how . many INDEPENDENT CLAUSES . each . example sentence . has (. look for subjects and predicates. ). 1. SIMPLE . SENTENCE. : Phil the firefly flew through the forest.. The Transamerica Pyramid, San Fransisco. It has been build pyramid shaped as this is hard to topple over. . http://. Footage of the transamerica pyramid. /. The Beijing National Stadium, China. To earthquake-proof the stadium, the bowl and roof were split into two separate elements and the bowl split into eight zones, each with its own stability system and effectively its own building. . Match the revolutionary with their country(. ies. )!!!. Father Miguel Hidalgo. Simon Bolivar. Dom Pedro. Touissant. . L’Overture. Jose de San Martin. Brazil. Mexico. Venezuela, Columbia. Chile,. Peru, Argentina. :. What You Need To Know. Tsunami Outreach Oregon. Oregon Department of . Geology . and Mineral Industries . Cascadia Earthquake: Key Messages. A local Cascadia earthquake will probably happen in most people’s lifetime or their children’s lifetime.. ISTANBUL . | . Turkey. . | . Aug. . 25-29, . 2014 . Feasibility. . study. of a . nation. -wide . Early. . Warning. System: the . application. of the EEW software PRESTo on the . Italian. Strong Motion Network (RAN) . Occurred just before midday on 25 April 2015. 7.8 Magnitude at a depth of around 15 . kilometres. The . epicentre. was the village of . Barpak. in the . Gorkha. district. The tremors were felt as far away as India, Pakistan and Bhutan.. Rescue efforts are continuing in Nepal after a 7.9 magnitude earthquake killed hundreds of people.. Hospitals are inundated with the injured, while many survivors who have lost homes will be now sleeping . Hazards are produced from the response of energy released. Amount and duration are related to the amount of energy released. Which hazards do you know?. Earthquake Hazards. Tsunami: displacement of a large volume of water. Briefly, “explain” the intent of this cartoon. Why do earthquakes occur?. Which of the following diagrams represents a normal fault? What is your evidence? . A.. B. .. TPS – What is going on here?. Tectonic plates are huge rock pieces within the earth’s crust. The plates are usually marked by fractures or fault lines formed when the plates tear apart or slide or collide past each other. This results in a change of the earth’s interior masses which send out powerful shock waves with enough force to alter the surface of the earth. The shock waves can thrust up cliffs and open huge cracks on the ground leading to an earthquake event. bellringer. . paper, write a list of as many NOUNS as you can (at least 10) which relate to the artwork.. Remember, nouns are . people, places, things, ideas. . . Don’t over-think it—just brainstorm.. About 200 earthquakes occur in our region each year, mainly in southeast Missouri’s . New Madrid Seismic Zone. Missouri’s Great Quakes. Among the biggest earthquakes ever to hit the continental U.S.:. By: Donna Pittenger, R.D. . Student population 73,000 . Free & Reduced 29% . Employees 588 . Budget $30, 479,638 . Schools 59.