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IRIS: Animations of Plate Tectonics
published by the IRIS: Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
This is a collection of animations on dynamic earth processes: plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, and seismic waves. Users can explore the interaction of Earth's tectonic plates, view models of P and S wave propagation, study how seismographs work, monitor earthquakes and volcanoes, and get instructions for modeling earthquakes in the classroom.    

This resource is part of IRIS, the Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology, a consortium of international laboratories and data collection centers.

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Oscillations & Waves
- Wave Motion
= Transfer of Energy in Waves
Other Sciences
- Geoscience
- High School
- Middle School
- Elementary School
- Lower Undergraduate
- Informal Education
- Collection
- Instructional Material
= Activity
= Model
- Audio/Visual
= Movie/Animation
Intended Users Formats Ratings
- Learners
- Professional/Practitioners
- Administrators
- Educators
- General Publics
- application/flash
- image/gif
- text/html
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© 2010 Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
Keywords:
earthquake animation, earthquake simulation, plate tectonics, seismic waves, seismology, subduction, tsunami, volcano animation, volcano simulation
Record Cloner:
Metadata instance created March 18, 2011 by Caroline Hall
Record Updated:
August 9, 2020 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update
when Cataloged:
March 11, 2011
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AAAS Benchmark Alignments (2008 Version)

4. The Physical Setting

4C. Processes that Shape the Earth
  • 6-8: 4C/M1. The interior of the earth is hot. Heat flow and movement of material within the earth cause earthquakes and volcanic eruptions and create mountains and ocean basins. Gas and dust from large volcanoes can change the atmosphere.
  • 6-8: 4C/M2a. Some changes in the earth's surface are abrupt (such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions) while other changes happen very slowly (such as uplift and wearing down of mountains).

11. Common Themes

11B. Models
  • 6-8: 11B/M1. Models are often used to think about processes that happen too slowly, too quickly, or on too small a scale to observe directly. They are also used for processes that are too vast, too complex, or too dangerous to study.
  • 6-8: 11B/M4. Simulations are often useful in modeling events and processes.
  • 6-8: 11B/M5. The usefulness of a model depends on how closely its behavior matches key aspects of what is being modeled. The only way to determine the usefulness of a model is to compare its behavior to the behavior of the real-world object, event, or process being modeled.
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(IRIS: Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology, Washington, 2010), WWW Document, (https://www.iris.edu/hq/inclass/search#concept=12/type=1/language=1).
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IRIS: Animations of Plate Tectonics (IRIS: Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology, Washington, 2010), <https://www.iris.edu/hq/inclass/search#concept=12/type=1/language=1>.
APA Format
IRIS: Animations of Plate Tectonics. (2011, March 11). Retrieved April 24, 2024, from IRIS: Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology: https://www.iris.edu/hq/inclass/search#concept=12/type=1/language=1
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IRIS: Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology. IRIS: Animations of Plate Tectonics. Washington: IRIS: Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology, March 11, 2011. https://www.iris.edu/hq/inclass/search#concept=12/type=1/language=1 (accessed 24 April 2024).
MLA Format
IRIS: Animations of Plate Tectonics. Washington: IRIS: Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology, 2010. 11 Mar. 2011. 24 Apr. 2024 <https://www.iris.edu/hq/inclass/search#concept=12/type=1/language=1>.
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