Plates, Earthquakes and Volcanoes

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Plates, Earthquakes and Volcanoes

• The Big Picture

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Did you know?

• You are living on a moving slab of rock. Its
  moving at about the speed you finger nails grow!

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Where is the worst place on Earth for earthquakes?
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China.

• In 1556, one earthquake in China killed 830,000
  people. Thats more people than live in all of
  Pattaya!

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Guess how many earthquakes there were last week
in the world.

• Go to
• http//earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/
• To check your answer.
• Where was the nearest earthquake to Bangkok?
• What magnitude was it?

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Which country has the most volcanoes?
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Indonesia!
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Goals for this chapter

• What do these terms mean crust, mantle, core,
  lithospere, convection current, oceanic crust,
  continental crust, fault, focus, epicentre,
  seismic wave, aftershock, magma, lava, crater,
  pyroclastic flow, mudflow, ash, magnitude,
  Richter scale

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And

• What are Earths plates and why do the move?
• Whats the link between plates, earthquakes, and
  volcanoes?
• Why might these events be more disastrous in poor
  countries?
• Why do people continue to live in danger zones?

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Now, go to page 107 in your student books and
answer the questions at the bottom of the page.
But be wary of the Fun Police!