C7.2 Japan - Lesson 5: The Great East Japan Disaster

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Natural disasters in

JAPAN

C7.2: The Great East Japan Disaster

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What's the plan for today?

C7.2: The Great East Japan Disaster

This includes:

1. TSUNAMI
2. RICHTER SCALE

GOALS OF C7.2

1. You can explain the words epicentre, hypocentre, Richter scale and seismologist (GG 73 + GG 74).
   
2. You can explain how the Richter scale is calculated (GG 74).
   
3. You can explain in 4 steps how a tsunami works (GG 76 + §2, question 2).
   
4. You can name the 5 scale levels and know their meaning (GG 7).
   
5. You can name 4 consequences of the tsunami in Japan in 2011.

THE RICHTER SCALE

Scale to measure the force of an earthquake.

Explain the Richter scale

Richter scale - Scale to measure the magnitude of an earthquake.

-- The force goes times ?

                1  ...  2  ...  3  ...  4  ...  5  ...  6  ...  7  ...  8  ...  9  ...  10

CHECK EXERCISES

1, 3, 4 & 5

You can explain the words epicentre, hypocentre & Richter scale.

The seaquake near Japan

You can explain in 4 steps how a tsunami works.

Open page 106 in your coursebook

Take your notebook in front of you

OPEN C7.2 IN YOUR COURSEBOOK

First we read this paragraph together.

Open your notebook (in pairs!):

• Try to think of 3 questions that can appear in a test.
• Use the figures.
• Think about the quality of your questions!

Finished? Make 5 to 8 in your workbook.

Type your best question

The next lesson

C7.2: The Great East Japan Disaster

• Open page 106-107 in your coursebook.

Make questions 6, 7, 8 & 9 in your workbook.

HOMEWORK

C7.2: Make questions 6, 7, 8 & 9 in your workbook.