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Earthquakes and Volcanoes

Earthquakes and Volcanoes. Chapter 8. Earthquakes. Chapter 8 Section 1. What causes earthquakes?. When you bend a stick, you notice that is changes shape while you bend it The stick will spring back if you stop applying force. But if you don’t stop bending the stick

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Earthquakes and Volcanoes

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  1. Earthquakes and Volcanoes Chapter 8

  2. Earthquakes Chapter 8 Section 1

  3. What causes earthquakes? • When you bend a stick, you notice that is changes shape while you bend it • The stick will spring back if you stop applying force. • But if you don’t stop bending the stick • It changes permanently. • If its elastic limit is passed, the stick may break • As it breaks you can feel vibrations in the stick.

  4. What is elastic rebound? • Rocks are like other solid materials • If enough force pulls or pushes on them, they will change shape. • They may even break • After breaking, the ends of the broken pieces may snap back. • This snapping back is called elastic rebound.

  5. Elastic Rebound • Inside Earth, pushing and pulling forces cause rocks to change shape slowly over time. • As they are strained, potential energy builds up in them. • This energy is released suddenly when the rocks finally break or move.

  6. Elastic Rebound • The breaking and the movement that follows causes vibrations that move through rock. • If they are strong enough, the vibrations are felts as earthquakes • An earthquake is a movement of the ground that occurs when rocks inside Earth pass their elastic limit, break suddenly, and experience elastic rebound.

  7. What is a fault? • When part of a rock breaks, rocks on either side move as a result of elastic rebound. • The surface where rocks break and move is called a fault. • Rocks can break in different ways, depending on the forces that cause the break.

  8. Three types of faults. 1. Normal Fault 2. Reverse Fault 3. Strike-Slip Fault

  9. Normal Fault • Normal faults form where tension forces pull rocks apart • The rock above the fault moves down.

  10. Reverse Fault • Reverse faults are caused by compression • Rocks pushed together or compressed • When the two rocks push together, rock above the fault is pushed up.

  11. Strike-Slip Fault • Sections of rock move past one another in opposite directions along Earth’s surface. • Also called shearing. • Strike-slip faults are caused by shear forces.

  12. Making Waves • Earthquakes release energy causing vibrations • When this energy is released, it moves away from the fault in the form on seismic waves. • The point deep inside the Earth where energy is released causing an earthquake is a focus

  13. Making Waves • Some of the energy from the earthquake travels straight up to Earth’s surface where it can be felt. • The epicenter is the point on Earth’s surface directly above the earthquake focus.

  14. How do seismic waves travel? • When seismic waves leave the focus of an earthquake, some travel through Earth’s interior, and other travel along the surface. • Three Types of Waves • Primary Waves • Secondary Waves • Surface Waves

  15. Primary Waves • Seismic waves that travel fastest through rock material are primary waves or P-waves. • Primary waves cause the material to move from side to side, in the same direction that the wave is moving.

  16. Secondary Waves • Other seismic waves that travel through Earth’s interior are called secondary waves. • Secondary waves, or S-waves, do not move as fast as P-waves. • As they move through rock material, they cause the material to vibrate at right angles to the direction of the wave.

  17. Surface Waves • Seismic waves that travel along Earth’s surface are called surface waves. • They are the largest and slowest type of seismic wave. • They cause more damage than other types of waves. • Surface Waves move in different ways. • They may move rock and soil in a backward rolling motion. • Like waves of water • Some shake or sway the rock and soil from side to side.

  18. How are earthquakes measured? • Scientists who study earthquakes are called seismologist • They use instruments called seismographs to record seismic waves. • One type of seismograph has a drum that holds a roll of paper on a frame

  19. How are earthquakes measured? • When seismic waves reach the station, the drum vibrates. • The pen on the pendulum traces a record of the vibration

  20. How are earthquakes measured? • The height of the lines traced on the paper measures the magnitude of the earthquake. • Magnitude is the measure of energy released by an earthquake.

  21. How is an epicenter located? • The epicenter of an earthquake is the point on the surface of Earth directly above the focus • Far away from the epicenter, the P-waves and S-waves arrive at different times. • But close to the epicenter, the waves arrive at almost the same time.

  22. Epicenter • Once scientists know the P-wave and S-wave arrival times for at least three seismograph stations, they can figure out the location of an earthquakes epicenter. • They draw circles on a map. • Each circle shows the distance from the seismograph station to the earthquake. • The point where three or more circles intersect is the location of the epicenter.

  23. Epicenter

  24. How strong are earthquakes? • Some earthquakes are not felt on the surface of Earth. • People do not even know these small earthquakes are happening. • Larger earthquakes, on the other hand, can cause major damage.

  25. What is the Richter scale? • Richter magnitude is based on the measurements of heights of seismic waves as they are recorded on seismographs. • Scientists use this information to determine the Richter magnitude of an earthquake. • Richter magnitude describes how much energy an earthquake releases.

  26. Richter Scale • Very weak earthquakes have low magnitudes like 1.0 • Strong earthquakes have high magnitudes in the range of 6 to 7 • For every increase of 1.0 on the Richter scale, an earthquake actually releases 32 times more energy. • This means that an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 releases 32 times more energy than an earthquake of 6.5

  27. How is earthquake intensity measured? • Another way to measure earthquakes is by the modified Mercalli intensity scale. • This scale measures the intensity of an earthquake. • Intensity is a measure of the amount of damage to structures and to rocks and soil in a specific area. • The amount of damage depends on • How strong the earthquake is • Kinds of structures in an area • Distance from epicenter • Nature of the surface material

  28. Mercalli Scale • The Mercalli scale uses Roman numerals I through XII • An earthquake with an intensity of I would be felt by few people • An intensity – VI earthquake would be felt by everyone • An intensity – XII would cause major damage to Earth’s surface and to human-built structures.

  29. What are tsunamis? • When an earthquake occurs on the ocean floor, powerful waves are produced • These waves travel outward from the earthquake in all directions. • A powerful seismic sea wave is called a tsunami

  30. Tsunamis • Tsunamis traveling in open ocean water are low and fast moving. • But tsunamis change as they approach land. • The speed of the tsunami slows and the height of the wave increases. • Huge tsunami waves can be up to 30 meters high.

  31. Giant Sea Waves "In 1992 a mild earthquake, barely noticed, hit San Juan del Sur in Nicaragua. Minutes later the peaceful harbor was drained dry as if someone had pulled a giant bath plug and let the water out. Amazed at the sight, curious people flocked to the harbor to look. As they stared, a giant tsunami rushed in and swept people and buildings far out to sea. This three-part illustration is an example of how the water is drained in a harbor, then builds up height before rushing back to the shore." - Dr. Eldridge M. Moores

  32. Volcanoes Chapter 8 Section 2

  33. What are volcanoes? • A volcano is an opening in Earth’s surface that erupts gases, ash and lava. • These materials pile up in layers around the opening, forming volcanic mountains. • Today, Earth has more than 600 active volcanoes. • An active volcano is one that has erupted within recorded history.

  34. Which volcanoes erupt most often? • The most active volcano on Earth is in Hawaii • Mt. Kilauea • This volcano has been erupting for hundreds of years • Eruptions are slow and not explosive • Since 1083, Kilauea has had a series of eruptions that continue today. • In may of 1990, it destroyed most of the town of Kalapana Gardens. • Because the lava flowed slowly, people had time to escape and no one was hurt.

  35. Which volcanoes erupt the most? • Iceland is also famous for its active volcanoes. • This island country is located in an area where Earth’s plates move apart. • Because of its northern location and active volcanoes, it is known as the land of fire and ice.

  36. Effects of Eruptions • Volcanic eruptions have a serious impact on people who live nearby. • Even if people are able to evacuate or escape, their property is often damaged or destroyed • The lava flowing from a volcano destroys everything in its path. • Volcanic ash and dust falling from the sky can collapse buildings and block roads. • Ash can cause lung disease in people and animals.

  37. What is a pyroclastic flow? • Pyroclastic flow is when volcanic ash and other matter rush down the side of a volcano • Temperatures inside the pyroclastic flow can be hot enough to catch wood on fire. • If the flow is heavy, people in nearby towns are forced to abandon their homes. • Buildings, roads and crops may be destroyed by the pyroclastic flow.

  38. How do volcanoes affect humans and the environment? • The Soufiere Hills volcano on the island of Montserrat erupted in July of 1995. • Geologists knew it was about to erupt. • They warned people living nearby to evacuate. • Two years after the eruption began, large pyroclastic flows swept down he sides of the volcano. • Cities and towns were buried. • Plant life destroyed • Twenty people who didn’t evacuate were killed. • This eruption was one of the largest recent volcanic eruptions near North America.

  39. How do volcanoes affect humans and the environment? • Sulfurous gas is released during volcanic eruptions. • When these gases mix with water vapor in the atmosphere, acid rain forms. • On the island of Montserrat, the acid rain destroyed vegetation • The acid rain killed fish in lakes and streams • As vegetation died, the animals left or died.

  40. How do volcanoes form? • What happens inside Earth to create volcanoes? • Deep inside Earth, heat and pressure melt rocks. • The liquid rock is called magma. • Some rocks deep in Earth already are melted. • Other rocks are so hot, the smallest rise in temperature or drop in pressure melts them into magma.

  41. Why is magma forced upward? • Magma is not as dense as the rock around it. • This difference in density forces the magma to rise toward Earth’s surface. • Example- maple syrup bottle. • Turn the bottle upside down and the less dense air bubble slowly rises through the denser syrup.

  42. Why is magma forced upward? • After many thousands or even millions of years, magma reaches Earth’s surface. • Magma flows out through an opening called a vent. • Once magma reaches Earth’s surface, it is called lava. • As lava flows out, it cools and becomes solid, forming layers of igneous rock around the vent. • The steep bowl shaped area around a volcano’s vent is the crater.

  43. Where do volcanoes occur? • Volcanoes often form where plates are moving apart, where plates are moving together, and in areas called hot spots. • Plates are large sections of Earth’s crust upper mantle. • Plate boundaries are the areas where there is movement of plates.

  44. What are divergent plate boundaries? • Iceland is a large island in the North Atlantic Ocean • Iceland has volcanic activity because it is part of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. • This ridge is divergent and moves apart • When plates move apart, they form long, deep cracks called rifts. • Lava flows from these rifts and is cooled quickly by the seawater. • As more lava flows and hardens, it builds up on the seafloor.

  45. What are divergent plate boundaries? • As more lava flows and hardens, it builds up on the seafloor. • Sometimes, the volcano and rift eruptions rise above sea level. • Islands such as Iceland formed in this way. • In 1963, another island, Surtsey, formed nearby.

  46. What occurs at convergent plate boundaries? • Areas where Earth’s plates are pushing together are convergent plate boundaries. • Sometimes an oceanic plate slides under a continental plate. • Or an oceanic plate slides under another oceanic plate. • Magma forms when the plate sliding below another plate gets deep enough and hot enough to melt partially. • Magma is forced to rise slowly to Earth’s surface, forming a volcano

  47. What are hot spots? • The Hawaiian Islands are forming as a result of volcanic activity. • But they haven’t formed at a plate boundary. • They are in the middle of the Pacific Plate, far from it’s edges. • Scientists think there are areas between Earth’s core and mantle that are unusually hot. • Hot rock in these areas is forced toward the crust where it partly melts to form a hot spot.

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