Physical Science Geology
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Earth Science Unit: Webquest and Googlequest Project
Questions
1. List the names, thicknesses and composition of the different layers of the Earth. (Answer + Picture) http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/earth/Inside.shtml http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/activities/label/labelearth.shtml
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth/animations/hellscrust/main.html
2. What are tectonic plates? (Answer + picture + Google Earth)
You need to know what the plates look like before you attempt to go to Google Earth.
http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/pangaea/ http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/preface.html http://science.howstuffworks.com/earthquake1.htm
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3. What is Continental drift? (Answer + Animation) http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/anim1.html http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/glossary/Contdrift.shtml
4. What is Pangaea? (Answer + Picture) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangaea
5. Describe 2 pieces of fossil evidence supporting continental drift? (Answer + Pictures) http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/pangaea/evidence.html
6. How does the location of coal deposits support the theory of continental drift? http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/pangaea/evidence.html
7. How does paleoglaciation support the theory of continental drift? http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/pangaea/evidence.html
8. What are magnetic reversals and magnetic striping? (Answer + Animation) http://platetectonics.pwnet.org/story_tectonics/theory/magnetic_striping.htm
9. How does magnetic striping support the theory of continental drift? http://platetectonics.pwnet.org/story_tectonics/theory/magnetic_striping.htm http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/docs/parks/olym/olym12.html
10. What is an epicenter? (Answer + picture) http://www.sciencecourseware.org/VirtualEarthquake/VQuakeExecute.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epicentre
11. What do the locations of earthquake epicenters tell us about tectonic plates? (Answer + Picture) http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/pangaea/evidence.html http://www.ceri.memphis.edu/aware/follies.html
12. Describe the differences between the types of earthquake waves (S, P). (Answer + animations) http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es1009/es1009page01.cfm?chapter_no=10 or http://science.howstuffworks.com/earthquake3.htm
13. Describe a tsunami and how it forms. (Answer + animation) http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth/
14. Describe how liquefaction of soils occurs and find a location where liquefaction in an earthquake is a legitimate threat http://www.seismo.unr.edu/ftp/pub/louie/class/100/effects-kobe.html
15. What is a volcano? http://www.howstuffworks.com/volcano.htm http://science.howstuffworks.com/volcano3.htm http://www.volcano.si.edu/index.cfm
16. Describe a shield volcano? (Answer + Google Earth) http://science.howstuffworks.com/volcano6.htm
17. Describe a stratus volcano? (Answer + Google Earth) http://science.howstuffworks.com/volcano6.htm
18. Describe a composite volcano? (Answer + Google Earth) http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Glossary/StratoVolcano/description_composite_volcano.html
19. Describe a rift volcano? (Answer + Google Earth) http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-253607/volcano
20. Describe a hot spot volcano? (Answer + Google Earth) http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/hotspots.html
21. What is the difference between lava and magma? http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Glossary/LavaFlows/description_lava_flows.html
23. Describe each of the following volcanic hazards: Ash cloud, pyroclastic flow, lava flow, lahar, landslide, pyroclastics. (Answers + Pictures) http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/hazards/primer/
24. Find and describe the tectonic mapping symbols that show the movement of tectonic plates. (Answers + Pictures) http://geology.com/plate-tectonics.shtml http://www.extremescience.com/PlateTectonicsmap.htm
25. What is a divergent plate boundary? (Answers + Picture + Google Earth) http://geology.com/plate-tectonics.shtml http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/understanding.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tectonics/intro.html
26. What is a convergent plate boundary? (Answers + Picture + Google Earth) http://geology.com/plate-tectonics.shtml http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/understanding.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tectonics/intro.html
27. What is a transform fault? (Answers + Picture + Google Earth) http://geology.com/plate-tectonics.shtml http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/understanding.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tectonics/intro.html
28. What is slab pull? (Answers + Picture + Google Earth) http://geology.com/plate-tectonics.shtml http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/interior/how_plates_move.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tectonics/intro.html
29. What is subduction? (Answers + Picture + Google Earth) http://geology.com/plate-tectonics.shtml http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/understanding.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tectonics/intro.html
30. What is an oceanic ridge? (Answers + Picture + Google Earth) http://geology.com/plate-tectonics.shtml http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tectonics/intro.html
31. What is an oceanic trench? (Answers + Picture + Google Earth) http://geology.com/plate-tectonics.shtml http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tectonics/intro.html
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