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Grade Eight Earthquake
Grade Eight Earthquake
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Using models or illustrations, explain
how movements along faults generate
earthquakes S8ES -IIa - 14
EARTH CRUST
The
surface/outermost
layer of the Earth
Earth’s Crust Two Sections
Continental Crust
Makes up Earth’s landmasses
Oceanic Crust
Found in the ocean floor and
usually thinner than continental
crust
Why are some parts of the crust
thicker than other?
Hanging Wall
• The block of rock above the fault
Foot Wall
• The block of rock below the fault
Kinds of fault
Normal Fault/Normal Dip-slip Fault
Earthquake…
• hypocenter
Seismograms…
• Seismograph’s record of the waves.
Richter Scale…