Earthquakes

First Experiment: Easy Over

Purpose

The purpose is to demonstrate how hard it is to fold Earth's crust.

Prediction
It is harder to fold paper when its thick.

Materials

• 1 sheet of newspaper

Procedure

• Fold paper in in half until you cant fold any more
• Record results

Results

• I folded it 9 times.
• It became too hard to fold after that.

What I Learned
The Earth's crust is not easy to fold when its thick.

New Experiment: Folds

Purpose 
The purpose is to see where the earth goes when its pressed into the middle.

Prediction

I think it will  bunch up.


Materials

• a cup of water
• 4 sheets of  paper towels

Procedure

• Stack paper towels
• Fold towels in half
• Pour water in the middle
• Press it into the middle
• Observe results

Results
The paper towels went into a "n" shape (a wave shape).