C7.2: The Great East Japan Disaster

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C7.2: The Great East Japan Disaster

Geography

1T

What is the plan for today?

• Repeat C7.1: Japan: country in the Ring of Fire
• Start C7.2: The Great East Japan Disaster

Goals of this lesson

• You can explain what a tsunami is.
• You can explain how an earthquake occurs.
• You can name the difference between a epi- and a hypocentre.
• You can name how the Richter scale works.

C7.1: Japan: country in the Ring of Fire

• Get your notebook
• Write down which terms you "see" in the following map

Repeat

There will follow questions about C7.1: Japan: country in the Ring of Fire

Good luck!

Which earth plate is heavier?

1. Oceanic plate
2. Continental plate

What is NOT a plate movement?

1. Convergence
2. Divergence
3. Transform
4. Avergence

Explain how a volcano forms in a subduction zone.

C7.2: The Great East Japan Disaster

On Friday 11 March 2011, the north-east of Japan was hit by a heavy earthquake. The quake caused a tsunami that claimed many victims and caused a lot of damage.

Goals of this lesson

• You can explain how an earthquake occurs.
• You can name the difference between a epi- and a hypocentre.
• You can name how the Richter scale works.
• You can explain what a tsunami is.

You can explain how a earthquake occurs.

You can name the difference between a epi- and a hypocentre.

You can name how the Richter scale works.

Get your notebook in front of you and write along:

1.0 ... 2.0 ... 3.0 ... 4.0

"Scale for measuring the force of an earthquake."

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You can explain what a tsunami is.

• Take page 56-57 of your GeoGuide in front of you.
• Read G76 Tsunami and look at figure 3.14.
• Explain in 4 steps how a tsunami occurs.

You can explain what a tsunami is.

1. Earthquake under the sea floor (seaquake)
2. Waves occur (speed up to 800 km an hour)
3. Shallow coast: slower speed, higher wave
4. Giant wave

LOOK AT THE DRAWING

Goals of this lesson

• You can explain how a earthquake occurs.
• You can name the difference between a epi- and a hypocentre.
• You can name how the Richter scale works.
• You can explain what a tsunami is.

What is the plan for next lesson?

• C7.2: The Great East Japan Disaster
• Introduction of the poster assignment