Earthquakes

Earthquakes are just one of many kinds of natural disasters occurring in our world. Our physical location on the earth may determine our vulnerability to experience a severe earthquake. In the following lesson pack, we will relate earthquakes from around the world and from Canada to places of high population density. We will also examine potential relationships between elevation and earthquake occurrence on both a global and a Canadian scale.

Background Information: Teachers are encouraged to distribute this background information to their students.

   1. Basic glossary of terms
   2. Causes and Influences of Earthquake Damage
   3. What does the "Big One" refer to?
   4. References

Teacher's Guide:

   1. Planning considerations
   2. Required Files

The Student Side:

   1. ArcView Fact Sheet
   2. ArcView Icons - Reference Guide
   3. Student Exercise Instructions
   4. Extension Exercise

ArcView 9.2 Users:

All data used in ArcView 9.2 must be projected. There are two ArcCanada datasets (faults.shp and plat_lin.shp) needed for this lesson which are not projected. Click the .exe file or winzip file to download the projected versions of the datasets.

** You can find the remaining datasets for this lesson on your copy of ArcCanada.**

ArcView 9.x

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