Week 9 Earthquakes and Volcanos

 

  1. What did you do in lab today? This week in lab we spent time learning more about earthquakes and volcanos. We spent time at the beginning of class labeling where we thought volcanos and earthquakes frequently occurred, then spent time researching where they actually occurred. We learned that a lot of earthquakes and volcanos occur at the coast and fault lines. ​
  2. What was the big question? What are volcanos and earthquakes? 
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  3. What did you learn in Thursday’s discussion? This week in discussion we spent time working on a pangea puzzle. We spent time working as a group cutting out, labeling and then putting together the continents before they separated. ​
  4. Read the online textbook chapter:                                                                                  What did you learn?​ While reading the textbook this week, something that I learned was volcanos can be formed in 3 ways- by convergent plates, divergent plates, or hotspots. Volcanos are formed by convergent plates when a subduction zone is formed. At this zone, the melted rock turns into magma and is able to rise to Earths surface as a volcano. A volcano can be formed by divergent plates when two plates diverge and magma rises up to fill the space in between (underwater volcano). Hot spots form volcanos when the plate moves and a new island is born.                                                                                        What was most helpful?​ The most helpful part of this chapter was the video and pictures shown. The video helps explain things that enhance my learning, and I like how pictures as used so that I can see a visual of what I am learning.                                                        What do you need more information on?​ I would like more information on the different types of waves for earthquakes. The textbook does a good job explaining the 2 types, but I would like to keep learning about these. 
  5. What questions, concerns, and/or comments do you have? One comment I have is that I had a misconception before learning more about volcanos that their eruptions were always massive amounts of lava and magma bursting out. However, after watching the video in lab this week, I saw that volcanos have a lot of debris and dust that come out, rather than lava. 

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