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Question of the Day

Question of the Day. Question: Where exactly is the plate boundary between the North American and Pacific plates? Answer: … … …. DON ’ T TURN IN But Take Out For Stamping: The Bay Area Has It ’ s Faults p. 575 CYU 1& 4. Seismic Waves. Seismic Waves. Surface Waves cause damage

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Question of the Day

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  1. Question of the Day Question: Where exactly is the plate boundary between the North American and Pacific plates? Answer: … … … • DON’T TURN IN • But Take Out For Stamping: • The Bay Area Has It’s Faults • p. 575 CYU 1& 4

  2. Seismic Waves

  3. Seismic Waves • Surface Waves cause damage • Body Waves travel through earth • Primary (P) Waves • Secondary (S) Waves

  4. Seismic Waves • Body waves are used to find the earthquake’s epicenter • P waves: faster • S waves: slower

  5. p. 575 CYU 1 + 4 • Identify which type of seismic wave is described in each of the following: a. Cannot travel through the core. b. Cause the most damage to buildings. c. Are the first waves to reach seismograph stations. S waves Surface Waves P Waves

  6. p. 575 CYU 1 + 4 • Differentiate between the focus and the epicenter of an earthquake. 4. The focus of an earthquake is the area along a fault where an earthquake originates while the epicenter of an earthquake is the point on the surface of the Earth directly above the focus.

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