Application H,W (Physical Geography class)

UST 289 Spring, 2010Due March 27, 2015 Now Due 4-7-15Application Exercise 2

For this assignment you will answer the questions listed below. Each question has been assigned a certain number of points. Be sure to answer all of the items asked for in the question to get full credit. Your assignment is to be word processed, double spaced, and grammar and spell checked! You may submit in hard copy or via email to the instructor. Early submissions are encouraged. Websites are listed below each question to get you started in finding your answers. Some material that relates to the questions may be found within your book, some will not. You are free to use other sources as well. However, Wikipedia is NOT to be used. (Wikipedia is an open source site. Changes can be made that may make information posted there incorrect.) You must cite your work appropriately and enclose a reference page. Be sure to list even the sites that I have provided you if you use them to answer the question. Do NOT do a laundry list of “question asked” and “answer” in your answer. While I have provided you with questions to answer, please answer them in paragraph form. Your answers should read as a narrative that covers all of the items raised by my questions. I prefer that you paraphrase the material that you find for your answers rather than doing copy and paste. Do NOT copy and paste material without putting it in quotation marks and appropriately citing it if you feel a need to do your paper this way. Do not use more than 3 quotations per question if you feel the need to quote directly. (Copying and pasting without quotations and appropriate citations is plagiarism and will result in a grade of 40 (F) for the total assignment.) If you are unsure just what plagiarism is, please go to the writing center website and click on the link to the right. The writing center is at http://www.csuohio.edu/academic/writingcenter/ If you are unsure how to do citations, you can go to: http://library.csuohio.edu/research/vrd/citations.html http://citationmachine.net The links to the guides there are very good. If you are not required to use a specific format by your major discipline, I suggest using APA. I also strongly recommend the “Purdue Owl” website for assistance in learning how to paraphrase correctly. Go to…. https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/563/01/ There are other links to the left on “owl” that you also might find helpful. You can contact me via email or ask questions in class if you are unsure about your assignment.

UST 289 Spring, 2010Due March 27, 2015 Now Due 4-7-15Application Exercise 2

1. In the class we explore earthquakes in general. This question will allow you

to explore earthquake activity in Ohio. Who tracks earthquake activity in Ohio? Is there a state agency that does this as well? Has there been ongoing earthquake activity in the state of Ohio? What was the strongest earthquake ever felt in Ohio? Have any earthquakes occurred near Cleveland within the past 3 years? When and where did they occur? What areas of Ohio are considered to be the most active seismically? Is Ohio having more earthquakes now than prior to 1900? Why or why not? What fault line is southwestern Ohio close to and can be affected by? Has this fault line been active in the past 10 years? What is meant by “attenuation”? Is this the reason that the fault would affect areas in Ohio? Do you think that people living in Ohio should be concerned about potential earthquakes? Why or why not? What were the “Grenville Mountains” of Ohio? How did they form? (50 points)

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/states/?region=Ohio http://geosurvey.ohiodnr.gov/earthquakes-ohioseis/ohioseis-home http://www.livescience.com/3871-data-confirms-strong-earthquake-risk- central.html http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Grenville_Front?rec=2874 http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Precambrian?rec=2776 2. What is a tsunami? What does the Japanese word “tsunami” actually mean?

How do they differ from large waves caused by wind? What are some of the causes of tsunamis? What areas of the world were affected by tsunamis in 2004 and 2011? What caused these tsunamis to occur? What were the major impacts of these two tsunamis? The West Coast of the United States has been affected by tsunamis in the past. The Western Pacific tsunami warning system now helps to protect the shore communities from potential tsunamis. Have there ever been tsunamis that affected the east coast of the United States? If there were any, what were the most damaging? If the east coast could be affected, what would generate these tsunamis? If they were to occur, how dangerous would these tsunamis be? Why? (50 Points)

UST 289 Spring, 2010Due March 27, 2015 Now Due 4-7-15Application Exercise 2

http://www.tsunami.noaa.gov/ http://earthweb.ess.washington.edu/tsunami/index.html http://faculty.washington.edu/cpetroff/wordpress/?page_id=84 http://nctr.pmel.noaa.gov/faq_display.php http://www.livescience.com/39110-japan-2011-earthquake-tsunami-facts.html http://www.erh.noaa.gov/ilm/stormready/tsunami/player.html http://www.livescience.com/24813-east-coast-tsunamis.html