Sounds like Friday’s video got people wondering. That’s good! But let’s go from just wondering, to thinking and researching. What can you find out? What resources have you found? Let’s become scientists, scientists look for answers!
Thinking About Earthquakes and Volcanoes?
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i wonder what continents has the most earthquakes and how many they have….
I wonder how many Earthquakes Florida haas had?!
yeah i bet florida had ALOT of earthquakes…………………oh yeah ALOT
i wonder how warm is lava when it just came out from a volcanoe
i ownder how fast lava goes up an volcanoe ?
i think lava goes up fast when itz going up a volcano.
i wonder why volcanoes erupt.
i wonder why the lava is so hot when it erupts.
Lauren is a goodddddd I wonderrrrrrrr but what continent do u think has the most?!?!
Jessica P4,
I’m wondering what you think about your questions. Why do you think lava is hot; why does a volcano erupt and why do you think it goes up fast?
Do you think that lava might flow at different speeds from different volcanoes (some fast and maybe some slow)?
Jose,
Do you think you could find out for us how hot lava is and let us know?
BTW what period are you in?
i wonder how hot lava can get up to?
i aso wonder how long a volcanoe can eurpet…can it last a couple of days or maybe weeks…
Adding to Laurens I Wonder…
If Asia[just saying a continent] had the most earthquakes would we be able to see Asia move more than the others?
http://platetectonics.pwnet.org/story_tectonics/tectonics_and_people.htm
^^ this is a link i got from google.. it says where most earthquakes happen so im guessing that those would be the continent.
ashley—-12
i think hours but this says different.
http://www.slate.com/id/2140505/
Paulina p.7 #15,
Sounds like you’re not convinced your source is correct. That’s not a bad thing, we should be skeptical. Can you find another source to confirm or refute that the average length of an eruption is 7 weeks?
i wonder why some people say some volcanoes are active, but there is no eruption.
katrina (3rd comment)
why do you think Florida has so many earthquakes?
why does the smoke from volcanoes form like an up side down umbrella??
why are there so many earthquakes in Alaska??
do the plates under ice rub against each other easier then where its hot?? like Alaska and California….
I wonder how many earthquakes have there been since 2005?
I WONDER WHAT DOES VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES HAVE IN COMMON.
Has there ever been an earthquake inside of a house? if so, did someone die?
What are earthquakes made up of? How long have earthquakes and volcanoes been around? how long does a volcano last?
I WONDER IF AN EARTHQUAKE LAST LONG.
Emily…
I dont think Florida has had alot of earthquakes.. We dont have nay fault lines.
AliciaB. 4TH>23
i think an earthquake can last for several mins. or even seconds
emily p.4
i looked on http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/env99/env264.htm and it contained some information about Florida and its earthquakes, it also has some websites you can visit to help further answer your qusetion.
why do we even have eartquakes????
Glad to see people trying to answer some of the I wonder questions and providing links to sources of information.
Science is not just asking questions, but asking good questions and seeking the answers.
jessica p4,
well when there is a movement of the plates there usally is an earthquake. Florida isnt antwhere near the fault line so we dont have that many earthquakes. I geuss its just mother natre it happens for a reason but is really interesting trying to find out more and more about earthqukes.
this is to jessica #30 the techtonic plates collide and also volcanos underwater explode creating the vibration.
katie 7
oh ok.just wondering!!
mr.grant>>>>>>
i just wonder about these qustions.
I wonder why there is so much smoke coming out of a volcano when it erupts.
I wonder if there is a really strong earthquake, how far would you be able to feel it from? A few miles?more?
maybe Florida doesnt actually get Earthquakes. maybe it just feels the after-shocks of stronger earthquakes that occur at the fault lines. i’ll try check that out later.
i agree, yeah maybe there are little ones too, maybe too little for us to feel =]
i wonder what makes lava hot?
BRUNA 4TH>>>>>>>>>>>>
i think that there is smoke coming out of the volcano when it erupts because the lava is so hot.
christen p7
good idea but i would check that because the Gulf of Mexico can and has have/had earthquakes. there have been reports of people feeling shakes and glass cups falling/breaking not too long ago.
AliciaB.4TH
that is a very good “I Wonder”. i would look for the answer of the reason lava is soooooooooooo hot.
AliciaB.4TH
“The temperature of lava depends on its composition. Basaltic lava flows have temperature of 1800-2280 F (1000-1250 C). Rhyolitic lava erupts at temperatures of 1300-1650 F (700-900 C).”
I found this on Yahoo! UK&Ireland answers. it isn’t “why is lava hot.” But it is “how hot is lava.”
Edgar,
Thanks for looking this information up. Lava is some pretty hot stuff, but not as hot as the inside of the earth. Anyone remember how hot the different layers are? Any idea why they are hot?
i wounder how strong an earth quake feels can it make thing fall like buildings and trees?
maybe?!?!?!
felipe p.6>>>>>>>>
uhhhhhh…yea!!!strong earthquakes make buildings and trees and stuff like that fall down.lol
emily p4>>>>>>>>>>
i think earthquakes in florida have alot of earthquakes but small ones the kind of small earthquakes that we cant feel…
If we can’t record them or feel them then how does anyone know they are there? I know reference was made in class to a TV program someone watched, but is that a reliable source for scientific facts?
What do you know from our studies about where earthquakes occur?
i was doing a little bit of reserch on earthquakes in florida and found a few earthquakes that we could actually record. there wasnt anything telling me about tiny earthquakes in florida so i dont think there were any. here is the website that told me about the few earthquakes we did have.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/states/florida/history.php
Good resource. I looked for micro-earthquakes (microseismisity), very very small earthquakes and couldn’t find anything. Even tiny earthquakes are associated with plate boundaries, faults and hotspots. Florida’s geology is very stable and we have one of the lowest risks for earthquake activity in the nation.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2008/3018/pdf/FS08-3018_508.pdf
mr.grant>>>>>>
i think we had studied that earthquakes occured more by the edge of land or more near water…
but cant scientists sometimes predict when earthquakes will probably occur??
how do scientists predict sometimes when earthquakes occur??
Therapeutic Tool maybe? not quite sure it might be this or something else