Lesson 4 "Earthquakes-The Rolling Earth" 

Thought and Discussion Questions 

1. Describe in your own words what a fault is.



2. How is a strike-slip boundary different from a convergent and divergent boundary?





3. What is a tsunami?



4. How does a tsunami form?


Hyperstudio Questions

1. How are earthquake waves produced?



2. What does a Richter Scale show?





3. What are the differences between compression, shear, and surface  

waves?







Lesson #5 Volcanoes

Discussion Questions #5

1. What caused the death of so many people during the second eruption of Vesuvius?



2. What is a pyroclastic flow?



Hyper Studio Questions #5

1. Where do volcanoes form?



2. What are the two definitions for the term volcano.



3. Write definitions in your own word for the following terms:

a) Active Volcano-

b) Dormant Volcano-

c) Extinct Volcano-

 

Lesson #6 Volcanic Terms

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Hyperstudio Questions

Label the following parts of a volcano by writing your answers on a sheet of paper.

A.  

B.  

C. 

D.  

E.  

F.