The document describes an activity to analyze maps of earthquake epicenters, volcanoes, and mountain ranges to determine the boundaries of lithospheric plates. Students trace earthquake clusters and volcano locations on plastic sheets and observe they overlap with mountain belts at plate boundaries. This distribution informs scientists' division of the Earth's lithosphere into separate plates. The activity aims to relate geological features to understand earthquake and volcano risks and prepare for potential disasters.
The document describes an activity to analyze maps of earthquake epicenters, volcanoes, and mountain ranges to determine the boundaries of lithospheric plates. Students trace earthquake clusters and volcano locations on plastic sheets and observe they overlap with mountain belts at plate boundaries. This distribution informs scientists' division of the Earth's lithosphere into separate plates. The activity aims to relate geological features to understand earthquake and volcano risks and prepare for potential disasters.
The document describes an activity to analyze maps of earthquake epicenters, volcanoes, and mountain ranges to determine the boundaries of lithospheric plates. Students trace earthquake clusters and volcano locations on plastic sheets and observe they overlap with mountain belts at plate boundaries. This distribution informs scientists' division of the Earth's lithosphere into separate plates. The activity aims to relate geological features to understand earthquake and volcano risks and prepare for potential disasters.
The document describes an activity to analyze maps of earthquake epicenters, volcanoes, and mountain ranges to determine the boundaries of lithospheric plates. Students trace earthquake clusters and volcano locations on plastic sheets and observe they overlap with mountain belts at plate boundaries. This distribution informs scientists' division of the Earth's lithosphere into separate plates. The activity aims to relate geological features to understand earthquake and volcano risks and prepare for potential disasters.
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ACTIVITY #2
GROUP 5 10- RIZAL I. TITLE
“LET’S MARK THE
BOUNDARIES” II. OBJECTIVES • Describe the distribution of active volcanoes, earthquake epicenters, and major mountain belts.
• Determine the scientific basis for dividing
Lithospheric plates. III. MATERIALS • Figure 5: Map of earthquake distribution
• Figure 6: Map of active volcanoes of the world
• Figure 7: Mountain rangers of the world
III. MATERIALS • 2 pieces plastic sheets used for book cover, same size as a book page
• Marking pens (two different colors)
IV. PROCEDURE 1. Study Figure 5 showing the earthquake distribution around the world. Trace the approximate locations of several earthquake “clusters” using a marking pen on one of the plastic sheets. IV. PROCEDURE 2. Study the map of active volcanoes in Figure 6.
3. On the second plastic sheet, sketch
the approximate locations of several volcanoes using a marking pen.
4. Place the earthquake plastic sheet
over the volcano plastic sheet. IV. PROCEDURE 5. Study Figure 7, the orange portions indicate mountain ranges of the world.
6. Now that you have seen the location of volcanoes,
mountain ranges, and majority of earthquake epicenters, study Figure 2: Map of Plate boundaries once more. V. TABLE VI. QUESTIONS Q5. How are earthquakes distributed on the map?
Q6. Where are they located?
Q7. Where are there no earthquakes?
Q8. Why is it important for us to identify areas which are
prone to earthquakes? VI. QUESTIONS Q9. How are volcanoes distributed?
Q10. Where are they located?
Q11. Based on the map, mention a country that is
unlikely to experience a volcanic eruption. VI. QUESTIONS Q12. Compare the location of majority of earthquake epicenters with the location of volcanoes around the world.
Q13. How will you relate the distribution of mountain ranges
with the earthquake epicenters and volcanoes?
Q14. What do you think is the basis of scientists in dividing
Earth’s lithosphere into several plates? VII. ANSWERS 5. Earthquakes epicenter are scattered but are not randomly distributed over the earth’s surface. They tend to be concentrated in narrow zones along plate boundaries.
6. Some are located near the edges of the continents of
Western North and South America, some are mid continents, some surround the Pacific Ocean. VII. ANSWERS 7. Large part of the Pacific Ocean, Northern most Asia, most areas in Europe, Eastern region of North and South America and Western Africa.
8. Identifying areas which are prone to earthquakes are
important so that necesarry precautions could be done to prevent lose of life and other casualties VII. ANSWERS 9. Volcanoes are not randomly distributed majority of them are found along the edges of Western North and South America and also it surrounds the Pacific Ocean.
10. Majority are found along the edges particularly in the
Western Coast of North and South America, some are located at East and South Eastern Asia. VII. ANSWERS 11. Eastern North and South America, Russia, in the middle of Australian, majority of Europe and Africa and Western Asia will not experience volcanic eruption
12. All areas with volcanoes and mountain ranges have
earthquake epicenter, but not all areas with earthquake epicenter have active volcanoes and mountain ranges VII. ANSWERS 13. Mountain ranges are situated in areas with volcanoes and earthquake epicenter are also located
14. The distribution of earthquake epicenter, active volcanoes
and mountain ranges are the basis of the scientists in dividing the Earth’s lithosphere. VIII. CONCLUSION Therefore we can conclude that the majority of earthquake epicenters are located in the area where volcanoes and mountain ranges are found. These are also the basis of the scientists in marking the boundaries of each lithospheric plates. Knowing this will help people understand the geological events occur in their vicinity and prepare for possible disasters. THANK YOU! JOB WELL DONE
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