§4.2 The Great East Japan Disaster

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§4.2 The Great East Japan Disaster

What impact did the 2011 tsunami have on Japan?

Today

- Short recap

- Tsunami

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Divergent

Convergent

Transform

What does endogenic forces mean?

1. Natural forces changing the earth's crust from within
2. Natural forces changing the earth's crust from the outside

Which plate is heavier?

1. Continental plate
2. Oceanic plate

This is located outside a volcano:

1. Lava
2. Magma

What is a tsunami?

earthquake.usgs.gov

Let's back to the history:

Super earthquake

In 2011,  Japan was hit by a massive earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale.

This was followed by a tsunami and damage to a nuclear power plant resulting in a nuclear disaster

Take a good look at this image.

The hypocenter is...

The epicenter is...

hypocenter

Location where the earthquake begins
For example, 5 or 25 km depth

epicenter

    Spot right above the source of the earthquake.
    This is where most of the damage is

Richter Scale

Scale used to indicate the strength of an earthquake.

Each point up is ten times heavier.

So an earthquake with a scale 3 is 100 times heavier than scale 1.

Read in your book: 'Super earthquake' How does an earthquake creates a tsunami?

ds.iris.edu

aThe strength of an earthquake is represented by the scale of   

An earthquake of 6 on this scale is times               as severe as a quake of 5 and                  times as severe as a quake of

Drag the words to the correct place in the sentence

........................

..............

..............

Richter

Mercalli

10

1

2

100

02:48

What was the reason Japan built this nuclear power plant?

1. Because they want to make a bomb
2. Because they do not like windmills
3. Because they have no natural resources for making energy
4. Because they like nuclear power

04:32

What was the main reason for the explosion of the nuclear power plant?

1. The earthquake
2. The tsunami
3. A bomb
4. The tectonic activity

Tsunami

www.edumedia-sciences.com

Let's get to work

Do §4.2 assignments 1 up to and including 8 (skip 6) -> homework for Wednesday 4th December

§4.2 The Great East Japan Disaster

Planning

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Let's get to work

Make of §4.2 assignments 5, 6 and 7