Thursday, October 31, 2013

Earth Science 2 Unit 1

Day Starter
Objective: Students will make connections between faults/boundaries and earthquakes and volcanic activity on a lab inquiry activity using the words S waves, P waves, subducted, strike-slip fault, normal fault, reverse fault, convergent boundary, divergent boundary, ocean ridges, and ocean trenches.

Question: 
1) What is a p-wave? s-wave?
2) Which type of waves causes the most damage? why?
3) What's the difference between p-waves and s-waves?