Tsunami

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Tsunamis

Earth in motion - 1.4 tsunamis

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What is the force behind plate tectonics?

1. Convection currents
2. gravity
3. mantle
4. lava

Plate tectonics means....?

Platentektoniek = het bewegen van de aardplaten

1. That the earth's crust is made up of tectonic plates
2. The movement of the earth's plates
3. Moving the Earth's Mantle
4. That the earth's crust floats on magma

The earth has a certain structure. What is, from the inside out, the correct structure of the earth?

1. mantle - crust - core
2. core - crust - mantle
3. core - crust - mantle
4. crust - core - mantle

What is an earthquake?

1. A great tidal wave
2. An explosion in the earth
3. A boundary between two tectonic plates
4. A movement in the earth's crust due to shocks in the earth

What is 'the Richter scale'?

1. where the earthquake is worst
2. Scale indicating the direction of the earthquake
3. a temperature measuring instrument
4. scale used to indicate the severity of earthquakes

This volcano never erupted again. This volcano is called a ...

1. Dead volcano
2. Dormant volcano
3. active volcano
4. lazy volcano

Volcanism usually occurs

1. at the plate boundary
2. in mountain formation
3. In the middle of the plate
4. On the continental shelf

What's going on here?

Learning Objectives

Know:

How does a tsunami form?

Why a tsunami is only dangerous near the coast?

The impact on the affected area.

The help needed after a tsunami.

Can:

Putting the tsunami in the right order.

Identify the coasts affected by tsunamis on a map.

What is a tsunami?

How do tsunamis arise?

How can you recognize a tsunami on the map?

Which countries experienced
a tsunami in 2004?

What major natural disaster was there in Italy in 1908?

1. earthquake
2. volcanic eruption
3. tsunami
4. landslide

Build-up of the tsunami

• Wave comes to the coast at high speed
• Shallow water slows down the wave
• As a result, the water piles up into a high wall of water
• With great force, the water floods the land
  

The consequences for inhabitants

• Many (fatal) victims
• High economic damage (€)
• Radioactive radiation from explosion of nuclear reactor (in Japan)
• Nature destroyed 

A tsunami is a ....

1. Disaster caused by humans
2. a natural disaster

What is a tsunami?

1. a wave
2. High tidal wave at sea that floods the coast and is caused by a seaquake.
3. An underwater earthquake
4. A high tidal wave caused by very strong winds at sea.

What do you think...
Could there also be a tsunami on the Dutch coast?
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