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Volcanoes and Earthquakes

Volcanoes and Earthquakes. Aims: To discover why there are no big earthquakes and volcanoes in Toulouse To find out what “The Ring of Fire” is. Questions …. Why doesn’t Toulouse have any major earthquakes or volcanoes?. Why did 80,000 people die in Pakistan in October 2005?.

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Volcanoes and Earthquakes

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  1. Volcanoes and Earthquakes Aims: To discover why there are no big earthquakes and volcanoes in Toulouse To find out what “The Ring of Fire” is

  2. Questions ….. Why doesn’t Toulouse have any major earthquakes or volcanoes?

  3. Why did 80,000 people die in Pakistan in October 2005?

  4. Images of Earthquakes & Volcanoes Lava flow from Volcanic Eruption. Preserved bodies in Pompeii, Twisted Rail track after an earthquake. Kobe, Japan 1995 after massive quake.

  5. TSUNAMI

  6. How is the earth put together? Tectonic Plates

  7. The earth’s tectonic plates

  8. Over to you …. • Mark the location of Toulouse onto bothmaps. • Plot on the main tectonic plates onto your ‘Europe Centred’ map of the world. • Make sure you put the direction arrows and label the plates. • Can youhandle a differentview of the world? • Plot the main tectonic plates onto your ‘Pacific Centred’ map of the world. • Turn to page 26-27 of Interactions and plot 5 earthquakes and 5 volcaniceruption locations onto your second map. • Complete activities 1-6 on file paper.

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