2. Part 3, Step 2 Q2
Q:What do you notice about the distribution of these earthquakes?
A: The earthquakes are distributed all on the boundary lines because thats where
the earth moves.
3. Part 3, Step 2 Q3
Q: How does the distribution of these earthquakes compare to others?
A: That they are all in groups on/by the Convergent Boundary. And they
are more near the oceans.
4. Part 3, Step 2 Q5
Q: What type of plate boundary is associated with earthquakes that have a
magnitude of 7.0 or greater?
A: The occur on Convergent boundaries because that is where the earth
moves closer to each other.
5. Part 3, Step 3 Q4
Q: What Percentage of big earthquakes occur within 100 miles of a
convergent plate boundary?
A: 613 out 1286 of 48% of big earthquakes occur within 100 miles of
convergent plate boundaries.
6. Part 3, Step 3 Q5
Q:What Percentage of big earthquakes occur within 200 miles of a
convergent plate boundary?
A: 977 out of 1286 so that is 76% of big earthquakes occur within 200 miles
of a convergent plate boundary.
7. The list of ten places that I think will have
earthquakes soon:
China - Because many parts of it has recently had an earthquake.
California - Because they get many that are fairly big.
Southern part of Mexico - Because it is right on the boundary line.
Chile - Because they get them with all the other places surrounding it.
Italy - Because they have had a lot this past year.
Japan - Because they have just had a big one and its right on a convergent
line.
Australia - Because they have had a small amount so I think that they are
overdue for more.
Netherlands - Because they are overdue for one.
Alaska - Because it gets them with California and Mexico.
London - Because they get little ones almost everyday.
8. What new and improved technology do
scientists have now
Scientist have programs like InSAR the
program that predicts earthquakes also
they are developing satellites that shoot
into space that can tell us when an
earthquake will happen days and even
weeks before they actually happen.
9. I think that China is
going to have the next
earthquake!!
10. Overall:
I have learned that there is a lot more to predicting earthquakes then I
thought. It is very hard because every little thing counts and if you do one
thing wrong then it wont work.
The factors that influence earthquakes are the places that you are testing,
the technology that you use, how you are testing, how far along the
earthquake is, and how much pressure that the the earthquake has built
up.
The most really big earthquakes strike on the convergent boundaries
because thats were the earth moves into each other.
