THE RING OF FIRE

Definition:

The ring of fire is a area that surrounds the pacific ocean that has highest probabilities in the world with 452 active volcanoes, earthquakes, and tsunamis. 

Location: 

 The Ring of Fire is located around the borders of the Pacific Plate and other continental crusts.

Importance:

The Ring of Fire is important because it produces volcanoes, volcanic ash fertilized the soil, It also creates islands.

Summary: The ring of fire is the area that surrounds the pacific ocean with large number of volcanoes, tsunamis and earthquakes, it located around the borders of pacific ocean and other continental crusts. it's important because it produces the land, fertilized the soil.The Volcano is form when the magma inside of mantle (molten rocks) works it's way to surface, flow out from vent, form lava and ash deposits, gradually, it pilled up, and formed volcano.

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Quiz

1. Where does The ring of fire located?
- Atlantic Ocean
- Pacific Ocean

- Japan

2. What dose The ring of fire creates?

- Volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis

- Water, Air

- Heat, ash

3. How many volcanoes does ring of fire contains?

- 452

- 352

- 552

4. What is Ring of fire in your own words?

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5. What do you think the name "Ring of Fire" came from?

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CONTINENTAL DRIFT

Continental Drift：The movement of continental crust through geological time. This theory has be  proved by 1950. (大陆漂移说）
French: Continental Drift       Spanish: Deriva Continental        Arabic: الانجراف القاري

Pangaea: All land's together. (盘古)
French: Pangaea       Spanish: Pangea        Arabic: بانجيا

creator of continental drift theory - Alfred Wegener

                    
                   Evidence of pangaea:

- Type of rock found on today is similar age.




- All land can be fit together. 






 -  Animal and plants had been found on same age. 



- Coal can be found on the Antarctica ice cap.



Source: http://www.moorlandschool.co.uk/earth/pangea.htm
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080626173910AA6WVoY



Summary: Continental Drift theory is The movement of all lands separate through a geological time. It proved by Alfred Wegener. Pangaea is all lands together, some proves of Continental drift is Goal distribution, Coal can be found in Antarctic ice cap; Plant and animal fossils of the same age have been found on rocks; different types of rock found on each continent today had similar age; all land can be fits together.

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Quiz:

1. What is Pangaea?
- All lands seperate
- All lands connected

2.Who's the creator of continental drift theory?
- Alfred Wegener
- Erich Von Drygalski
- Galileo Galilei

3.What is continental theory?
- The movement of continental crust through geological time.
- The movement of oceanic crust through geological time.

4. When does this theory had be proved?
- 1912
- 1958
- 1950

5. what is some evidences that prove the Continental Drift theory?
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EARTHQUAKES / TSUNAMI

What causes an earthquake?

The movements of plates underneath the Earth's surface.

Vovabulary:


Earthquake: Shaking of earth's surface. (地震） 
French: tremblement de terre     Spanish: terremoto      Arabic: زلزال

Epicenter: Place on earth's surface directly above the focus. (震中）
French: Epicenter     Spanish: epicentro   Arabic: المركز السطحي

Focus: point under the earth's surface where an earthquake starts. （焦点）
French: se concentrer    Spanish: enfocar     Arabic: تركز

Seismic Waves: Earthquake wave.（地震波）
French: Les ondes sismiques    Spanish: Las ondas sísmicas     Arabic: الموجات الزلزالية




Seismograph: Instrument that measures earthquake waves. (地震仪）
French: sismographe    Spanish: sismógrafo    Arabic: جهاز قياس الزلازل

Magnitude: The strength of an earthquake. （震级）
French:  magnitude    Spanish: magnitud    Arabic: حجم

P-waves: Primary wave, fastest, moves back and forth. (地震纵波)
French: Onde sismique    Spanish: Ondas sísmicas    Arabic: موجة زلزالية

S-waves: Secondary wave, slower, moves up and down. （地震横波）
French: onde sismique     Spanish: ondas sísmicas     Arabic: موجة زلزالية

L-waves: Surface wave, most dangerous, moves both back and forth and side to side. （地面波）
French: terrestre     Spanish: terrestre    Arabic: أرضي

Tsunami: Tidal waves, large ocean waves cause by earthquake under ocean, move along the fault creating a wave  under or above the water. （海啸）
French: tsunami      Spanish: Tsunami     Arabic: تسونامي

Summary: The earthquake is shaking of earth's surface, it cause by the movement of the plate underneath earth's surface.The two plates meet and break into the crust is call fault.The focus is the point under the earth's surface where an earthquake starts. Epicenter is the point directly above the focus. Seismic wave is earthquake wave. Seismograph is an instrument uses to measure the magnitude/strength of an earthquake. P-wave stands for primary wave, it goes back and forth. S- wave stands for secondary wave, and it goes up and down. L-wave stands for surface wave that goes both back and forth and side to side.Tsunami is tidal wave, it cause by earthquake under ocean.

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Quiz:

1.What causes tsunami?
- Volcanoes
- Magma
- Earthquake under water

2.What type of wave is most dangerous?
- P-wave
- S-wave
- L-wave

3.Where an earthquake starts on earth's serface
- Focus
- Epicenter

4.What is Earthquake?
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5. What is Tsunami?
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FAULT

Vocabulary:                                

- Normal Fault: One side of rock moves down.   (正断层）

French: Des failles normales   Spanish: Las fallas normales   Arabic: الصدوع العادية

- Reverse Fault: One side of rock moves up.      (逆断层）

French: inverser faute     Spanish: falla inversa      Arabic: عكس خطأ

- Strike-Slip Fault: Moves side by side             (平移断层）

French：faille décrochante   Spanish：falla de desgarre    Arabic: خطأ ضربة للانزلاق

summary: The fault is formed when two earth's crust meet and breaks into a crack. There had three types of fault. A normal fault is one side of crust goes down, A reverse fault is one side of crust goes up, and strike-slip fault is two crust  move side by side, they all creates Earthquakes and tsunamis. 

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quiz
1. What's the movement of normal fault?
- One side moves up
- One side moves down
- Both sides move down

2. What's the movement of Revers fault
- One side moves up
- One sides Moves down
- Both sides move down

3. What is the movement of strike-slip fault
- Both side move down
- Both side move up
- Moves side by side

4. What do those faults create? ____________   ___________

5. What type of fault creates Tsunami and Earthquake? _______   _______    _______