Earthquake Webquest Day 1

Earthquakes mostly occur along the edges of the largest plates.
I think this is because the plates are colliding and grinding against each other.

The area is called The Ring of Fire.

The earthquake closest to Manitou Springs is M2.8 quake by Albuquerque, NM.

The details of this earthquake are it occurred on Saturday, January 17, 2009 at 1:02am.
No one would have been able to feel this earthquake because it was too small.
About 1000 times more ground shaking would occur with this magnitude 3 earthquake than a magnitude 1 earthquake.
About 16788 times more energy would be released from this magnitude 3 earthquake than a magnitude 1 earthquake.

Mauritius was a 5.1 magnitude earthquake that occured Wednesday, January 21, 2009 at 10:27:57 AM 195 miles E of Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
Earthquakes do not occur often in this area.
Most earthquakes generally occur around the boundaries of tectonic plates.


People can stay away from buildings to protect themselves from earthquakes.

Cold Front- Fast moving cold air blows in and pushes the warm air up and cools it. It forms cumulonimbus and cumulus clouds. If there is a lot of water vapor in the clouds then thunderstorms may occur.
Warm Front- Slow moving warm air blows in and collides with slow moving cool air. The warm air rises and forms clouds. If water vapor is present, precipitation may occur.
Stationary Front- A warm air mass and a cool air mass meet, but neither one has enough force to push the other. Huge, high towering clouds form.
Occluded Front- A warm air mass is caught between two cool air masses and is pushed upwards. The cool air masses mix and cause cool temperatures. If water vapor is present, clouds are formed.
Which type of front occurred this week to bring the cold weather and then snow? A cold front

Cloud Formation Tyler R and Tim

Havana, Cuba (20N) to London, England (55N)

Travel time: 9 days
Direction traveling: NE, E
Were you successful? yes
How many attempts? 1
What winds did you take advantage of or compete with during your travel? I didn't compete against any winds. I basically used the northern blowing prevailing westerlies to get me there!

San, Francisco US (35N) to Sydney, Australia (35S)

Travel time: 13 days
Direction traveling: SW only
Were you successful? yes
How many attempts? 1
What winds did you take advantage of or compete with during your travel? I competed with the northern blowing prevailing westerlies and the northern blowing trade winds. I used the southern blowing prevailing westerlies and the southern blowing trade winds to my advantage.

Atmospheric Pressures Affecting Climate

http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ddb9mvfv_24dc2nhwc7

Earth Compared to Other Planets

Since Earth has an atmosphere it does lots of things to protect us. One thing it does is keep big meteors from hitting the surface. The mososphere is the layer of the atmosphere that protects us from large meteors, because meteors burn up there. On other planets without atmospheres, meteors just hit the planet and create craters. The stratosphere protects us from ultra violet rays from the sun. The ozone layer is what protects us. On other planets rays shine directly onto the planets surface causing extreme temperatures. The atmosphere also keeps heat out and traps other heat in. On planets without atmospheres, sun rays only heat the lit side of the planet. The atmosphere also creates weather. Weather occurs in the troposphere. On other planets without atmospheres, weather can't occur, because clouds aren't present.