Earthquakes

1.What area of the country has the most earthquakes? www.nationalgeographic.com/forcesofnature/interactive/    Click Earthquakes then, Tab 2


2. What is the process of the earth's plates moving and interacting called?
www.nationalgeographic.com/forcesofnature/interactive/   Click Earthquakes then, Tab 3


3. What kind of fault is the San Andreas fault in Southern California?
www.nationalgeographic.com/forcesofnature/interactive/  Click Earthquakes then, Tab 4


4. What is an Epicenter?
www.nationalgeographic.com/forcesofnature/interactive/   Click Earthquakes then, Tab 5


5. Run the Earthquake locator. Where was the epicenter of the Earthquake?
www.nationalgeographic.com/forcesofnature/interactive/     Click Earthquakes then, Tab 6


6.Run the Earthquake simulator. What Ground type is the most likely to make a building fall down?
www.nationalgeographic.com/forcesofnature/interactive/    Click Earthquakes then, Tab 7


Bonus: When you have finished check out the following link about the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906.
www.exploratorium.edu/faultline/great/1906/index.html