ATM 200 - Natural Disasters

Ch 4 – Plate Tectonics and

Earthquakes

Friday, 9 October 2015

Daily Announcements:

1) Exam #1 grades are posted on Blackboard.

2) EQ Homework Assignment to be completed by Friday, Oct. 16.

Song #1: “I Feel the Earth Move” by Carole King

Song #2: “Another Earthquake” by Aaron Carter

Text Source Today: Chapter 4

· Plate Tectonics and Earthquakes (EQs) Notes Templates

· Divergent Zone (Spreading Center) EQs PDF DOC

· Convergent Zone EQs

· Transform Fault EQs

· The Arabian Plate

Study Guide Material (Stacey’s Guide) :

1) Where does one find the greatest EQs in the world?

2) What are the three main types of fault boundaries?

3) What are the “features” associated with spreading center EQs?

4) What is a “triple junction?” Give an example.

5) What are the “features” associated with convergent zone EQs?

6) What is the “seismic gap” method?

7) What are the “features” associated with transform fault EQs?

8) What is meant by “escape tectonics?”

9) What is so special about the Arabian plate?

10)Is there such a thing as “earthquake weather?”