Earth Science Unit 2 Day 3

Students will learn about the correlation between plate tectonics and earthquakes/volcanoes and will analyze and interpret data in writing using the language of science (subduction, oceanic crust, continental crust, force, mantle), simulation and sentence starters.

Questions:

1. Technically or scientifically, what causes an earthquake? (book)
2. Why do you think some earthquakes are stronger than others? (brain)
3. Where do most earthquakes happen? (book)