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Plate Boundaries and Earthquakes Assignment

Plate Boundaries and Earthquakes Assignment

Plate Boundaries and Earthquakes Assignment

 

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Plate Boundaries and Earthquakes Note: If you forgot how the latitude and longitude coordinate system works, please review the information provided in the Latitude and Longitude lab. For this lab, you will be making scientific observations and interpretations about earthquakes and plate boundaries, after plotting the locations of earthquakes given latitude and longitude. I recommend that you print the map and table, plot the locations on the map, and fill in the table. Then, use the map and table, to answer questions on our online class site so that you can then get credit for the laboratory exercise. Using the latitude and longitude coordinates provided, plot the position of each of the locations provided in the table on the next page. To make it easier to see patterns and make your observations, use red for plotting shallow earthquakes (from the surface to 70 km depth), blue for intermediate earthquakes (70-300 km depth), and green for deep earthquakes (more than 300 km depth). If you don’t have colored pencils, you could also choose to use symbols, such as circles, triangles, and squares for shallow, intermediate, and deep earthquakes, respectively. In addition, complete the table below. Look on the map to look for patterns and make interpretations from the data. Answer the following questions:  Which type of plate boundaries tend to have only shallow earthquakes?  Which type of plate boundary tends to have the deepest earthquakes?  Are earthquakes found randomly across Earth’s surface, or are they more common around plate boundaries?  Do all earthquakes happen at plate boundaries? Use the map, the table, and your answers from the above questions in to answer the questions on our online class site for this lab. Table 1. Locations and depths of earthquakes. Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Depth (Shallow, Intermediate, or Deep? 17 N 8N 30 S 20 N 20 S 5S 18 S 5S 2S 15 N 59 N 43 N 42 N 60 N 16 S 20 S 39 N 48 N 52 N 40 S 20 N 50 S 52 N 40 S 65 S 3N 39 N 45 N 28 N 15 N 38 N 58 N 45 S 23 S 62 N 43 N 2N 51 N 38 N 13 N 34 N 46 N 20 S 55 N 11 N 40 N 121 E 103 W 17 W 145 E 78 W 16 W 179 W 103 E 79 W 96 E 163 E 143 E 7W 152 W 70 W 176 W 24 E 154 E 178 E 71 W 155 W 15 W 175 W 80 E 178 W 108 E 36 E 7E 130 E 120 E 87 W 153 W 118 W 70 W 150 W 75 W 100 E 115 W 26 W 90 W 118 W 122 W 68 W 161 W 62 W 9W 124 10 10 175 25 17 630 33 95 10 33 111 10 67 227 210 10 33 33 592 15 6 127 15 9 450 250 11 33 10 6 672 8 203 33 5 176 5 10 33 5 12 438 33 110 10 Plate Boundary Type (Divergent, Convergent, Transform, or not near a plate boundary) Map 1. Plate Boundaries Map. Courtesy of: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/8a/fc/6a/8afc6a57261afb2acf4b91631ec4c5c1.gif Plate Boundaries and Earthquakes Note: If you forgot how the latitude and longitude coordinate system works, please review the information provided in the Latitude and Longitude lab. For this lab, you will be making scientific observations and interpretations about earthquakes and plate boundaries, after plotting the locations of earthquakes given latitude and longitude. I recommend that you print the map and table, plot the locations on the map, and fill in the table. Then, use the map and table, to answer questions on our online class site so that you can then get credit for the laboratory exercise. Using the latitude and longitude coordinates provided, plot the position of each of the locations provided in the table on the next page. To make it easier to see patterns and make your observations, use red for plotting shallow earthquakes (from the surface to 70 km depth), blue for intermediate earthquakes (70-300 km depth), and green for deep earthquakes (more than 300 km depth). If you don’t have colored pencils, you could also choose to use symbols, such as circles, triangles, and squares for shallow, intermediate, and deep earthquakes, respectively. In addition, complete the table below. Look on the map to look for patterns and make interpretations from the data. Answer the following questions:  Which type of plate boundaries tend to have only shallow earthquakes?  Which type of plate boundary tends to have the deepest earthquakes?  Are earthquakes found randomly across Earth’s surface, or are they more common around plate boundaries?  Do all earthquakes happen at plate boundaries? Use the map, the table, and your answers from the above questions in to answer the questions on our online class site for this lab. Table 1. Locations and depths of earthquakes. Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Depth (Shallow, Intermediate, or Deep? 17 N 8N 30 S 20 N 20 S 5S 18 S 5S 2S 15 N 59 N 43 N 42 N 60 N 16 S 20 S 39 N 48 N 52 N 40 S 20 N 50 S 52 N 40 S 65 S 3N 39 N 45 N 28 N 15 N 38 N 58 N 45 S 23 S 62 N 43 N 2N 51 N 38 N 13 N 34 N 46 N 20 S 55 N 11 N 40 N 121 E 103 W 17 W 145 E 78 W 16 W 179 W 103 E 79 W 96 E 163 E 143 E 7W 152 W 70 W 176 W 24 E 154 E 178 E 71 W 155 W 15 W 175 W 80 E 178 W 108 E 36 E 7E 130 E 120 E 87 W 153 W 118 W 70 W 150 W 75 W 100 E 115 W 26 W 90 W 118 W 122 W 68 W 161 W 62 W 9W 124 10 10 175 25 17 630 33 95 10 33 111 10 67 227 210 10 33 33 592 15 6 127 15 9 450 250 11 33 10 6 672 8 203 33 5 176 5 10 33 5 12 438 33 110 10 Plate Boundary Type (Divergent, Convergent, Transform, or not near a plate boundary) Map 1. Plate Boundaries Map. Courtesy of: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/8a/fc/6a/8afc6a57261afb2acf4b91631ec4c5c1.gif Distance considered to be close to plate boundary ...
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