To help you out, familiarize yourself with

the different terms related to earthquakes.

*Earthquakes happen along active faults, now let’s go deeper

and investigate more about them.

Why do earthquakes vary in strength and

damage they cause?
HOW DO Focus and Epicenter

THEY
DIFFER Magnitude and intensity

What could have caused the varied Magnitude levels of earthquakes?

Why do earthquakes differ in Intensity levels?

Watch the videos using the links provided to unlock these terms and
answer Activity 5 Of Varying Intensity.
INTENSITY: THE SEVERITY
OF EARTHQUAKE SHAKING IS
ASSESSED USING A
DESCRIPTIVE SCALE – THE

MODIFIED MERCALLI
. SCALE.
INTENSITY

Magnitude: Earthquake size is a quantitative

measure of the size of the earthquake at its source.
The
Richter Magnitude Scale measures the amount of
seismic energy released by an earthquake.
* I S T H E M O V I E “ J O U R N E Y T O T H E C E N T E R O F T H E E A R T H
P O S S I B L E ?

H O W D E E P H AV E H U M A N S D U G U N D E R G R O U N D ?

I F N O B O D Y H AV E B E E N T O T H E C O R E A N D B A C K ,

HOW DID WE COME TO KNOW ABOUT

T H E I N T E R I O R O F T H E E A RT H ?

Use the link and take a journey to the center of the earth. Answer Activity 6: Seismic
Investigation to find out!
* W H Y D O WAV E S
T R AV E L I N
DIFFERENT
SPEEDS?

WHY CAN’T
T H E Y T R AV E L
IN ALL
MEDIUMS
(SOLID AND
LIQUID)?

W H I C H WAV E I S Watch and learn from the videos

to prepare you for the challenge
MORE up ahead – Assessment 2.
DESTRUCTIVE?
 Body Waves:

P wave – travels
through solids and
liquids
S wave - solids

Surface Waves:
Love waves – Rayleigh
waves