Department
of Earth Science |
Northeastern
Illinois University
INTRODUCTION TO EARTH SCIENCE
ESCI 121
Section 06
Fall 2009
Department
of Earth Science |Northeastern
Illinois University
Daily
Objectives #20
(November
10, 2009)
Dr. Sanders
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Don't
forget to sign up for Weather Tracking! (See the Homework
page.)
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The deadline for the earthquake
extra credit opportunity
has been extended until Thursday, Nov. 12.
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We
have an exam on Thursday this week!
By the end of today's class, you should be able to do the following:
EARTHQUAKES AND GEOTECTONICS
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videos and animations of
the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 26, 2004. This tsunami resulted
from the earthquake we studied last week.
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Using the earthquake maps the class produced,
arrange them in meaningful groups based on the patterns of earthquake epicenters
and based on the patterns of focal depths you observe in each.
The worksheet appears at this link. Groups for this activity:
| Donna, Katherine, Zachary, Kim, Barbara | ||
| Ammon, Catherine, Gaby, Ammar, Rocio | Francisco, Scott, Denyse, David | |
| Terry, Elchonon, Santos, Erika, Jelena | ||
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Yet to be assigned to a group: AJ, Annie, Allen |