Moving Mountains Webercise

Follow the information on this worksheet to find out more information on earthquakes and plate tectonics.
Fill in your answers in the space provided.

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/ – click on the “Latest Earthquakes” link. Use the settings gear on the top right corner
of the page to change the setting to “1 Day, All Magnitude, U.S.” then answer the questions.
Questions/Activity Answers
1. Record the 3 most recent earthquakes. 1. Date: ______________
Time (UTC): ____________
Location: _____________________
Magnitude: ________

2. Date: ______________
Time (UTC): ____________
Location: _____________________
Magnitude: ________

3. Date: ______________
Time (UTC): ____________
Location: _____________________
Magnitude: ________
2. Which location had the largest quake?
Which location had the smallest quake?
Do you think a person would have been able to
feel these earthquakes in those locations?
Why?
Return to https://earthquake.usgs.gov/ scroll down to “FAQ” and click the link. There are 12 topics of Frequently
Asked Questions. Choose one question from 3 different sections. Record your question in the first column and
summarize the answer (in your own words!!) in the second column.
3. Question 1.

Question 2.

Question 3.
 Return to https://earthquake.usgs.gov/ and click on “Learn” and then click on “Fun Facts.”
4. What states have the least number of earthquakes?
What state has the most?
Knowing what you know now about plate
boundaries, what is the reason for the frequency,
or infrequency of earthquakes in these two states?

Now go to www.learner.org/interactives/dynamicearth/drift.html Answer the initial question on the webpage

then answer the questions below.
5. What was the name of the German scientist who
developed the idea for plate tectonics?

6. How long ago did the Indian landmass collide with Circle your answer:
Asia?
200 millions years ago
135 million years ago
65 million years ago
50 to 40 million years ago

At the bottom of the page, click on the red link labeled “Continents Over Time.” Play through the activity then
answer this next question.
7. Scientists think that at in another 250 million years
the landmasses will come together again to form
Pangaea Ultima. What do you think will happen? Do
you agree with these scientists? Why or why not?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7533950.stm Click through this presentation and answer the

questions below.
8. Label the layers of the Earth.
 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blender3D_EarthQuarterCut.jpg
9. According to the video, what happens when the
plates collide?

10. Name the two types of surface waves. What

happens when these waves encounter
structures?