Semester One Extra Credit Project: **Earthquakes and Volcanoes**; Due January 20, 2015. No Exceptions!

EARTHQUAKES and TSUNAMIS:

*Name of earthquake

*Country where earthquake occurred (include a map).

*Population of that Country

*Language spoken in the Country

*Plant and animal life that live in the earthquake zone.

Earth’s Plates

*Name of Earth’s plate or plates that is close to the earthquake.

*Type of plate boundary located near your earthquake (divergent, convergent, transform fault).

*Explain the interaction of the type of plate boundary located at or near your earthquake.

*Explain what earthquakes are and why they occur.

*Why do earthquakes occur in California? Which plates are interacting in what ways?

*What part of the plates is breaking to cause earthquakes?

*List and explain the different hazards caused by earthquakes:

(falling objects, collapsing infrastructure, lahars, tsunamis) and how to avoid them.

*Explain what people can do to prepare for an earthquake (safety).

Include what people should put in an earthquake survival kit.

VOLCANO:

*Name of volcano

*Elevation (how tall is the volcano)

*Country where volcano is located (include a map).

*Population of that Country

*Language spoken in the Country

*Plant and animal life that live on the volcano or near the base of the volcano.

Earth’s Plates

*Name of Earth’s plate or plates that surround your volcano.

*Type of plate boundary located near the volcano (divergent, convergent, transform fault)

*Explain the interaction of the type of plate boundary located at or near the volcano.

Volcano Type

*Name the volcano type (shield, cinder cone, composite).

*How often does it erupt?

**Project: Courtesy of Mrs. Paulsen!**

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