Guiding Question: How can you locate the earthquake's epicenter?
Hypothesis: We have to find the places where people felt the earthquake, then we have to locate it. Found the distance of the places where people felt the earthquake. and then use a compass to locate the epicenter, and find the place where the lines meet.
Analyze and Conclude
Drawing Conclusion: Observe the three circle you have drawn. Where is the earthquakes epicenter? The epicenter of the earthquake is in Tennessee.
Measuring: Which city on the map is closest to the earthquake's epicenter? How far in kilometers, is this city from the epicenter? It was the closest to Nashville. 50 kilometers away from Nashville the epicenter of the earthquake.
Inferring: In which of the three cities listed in the data table would seismographs detect the earthquake first? Last? I think that the first one should be the one that is closest to the epicenter. So, that means the first city that first got detected by the seismograph is Chicago, Illinois. The second one is Houston, Texas, and the last one is Denver, Colorado.
Estimating: About how far from San Francisco is the epicenter that you found? What would be the difference in arrival times of the P and S waves for a recording station in San Francisco? San Francisco is about 3,000 kilometers away from the earthquake's epicenter. The arrival time difference is 5 minutes and 30 seconds.
Interpreting Data: What happens to the difference in arrival times between P waves and S waves as the distance from the earthquake increases?
Hypothesis: We have to find the places where people felt the earthquake, then we have to locate it. Found the distance of the places where people felt the earthquake. and then use a compass to locate the epicenter, and find the place where the lines meet.
Analyze and ConcludeDrawing Conclusion: Observe the three circle you have drawn. Where is the earthquakes epicenter? The epicenter of the earthquake is in Tennessee.
Measuring: Which city on the map is closest to the earthquake's epicenter? How far in kilometers, is this city from the epicenter? It was the closest to Nashville. 50 kilometers away from Nashville the epicenter of the earthquake.
Inferring: In which of the three cities listed in the data table would seismographs detect the earthquake first? Last? I think that the first one should be the one that is closest to the epicenter. So, that means the first city that first got detected by the seismograph is Chicago, Illinois. The second one is Houston, Texas, and the last one is Denver, Colorado.
Estimating: About how far from San Francisco is the epicenter that you found? What would be the difference in arrival times of the P and S waves for a recording station in San Francisco? San Francisco is about 3,000 kilometers away from the earthquake's epicenter. The arrival time difference is 5 minutes and 30 seconds.
Interpreting Data: What happens to the difference in arrival times between P waves and S waves as the distance from the earthquake increases?
Hi Lilla,
ReplyDeleteThis is good. You were able to use the data and the map to answer the questions regarding the epicenter correctly. You just missed the last two questions. Please complete your post.