Repeat: chapter 7

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Chapter 7: Why is Japan struck by so many natural disasters

§1 What sort of natural disasters happen along the ring of fire?

§ 2 Why did the tsunami in March 2011 claim so many lives in Japan?

§ 3 Why is Japan regularly hit by typhoons?

§ 4 How can the effects of natural disasters be limited?

But first: check your answers!

Answersheets in teams

Choose a paragraph

1.Write down the subquestion.

2.Try to answer the subquestion by making a mindmap.

3.Use the blue box 'things you should know'

4.Connect the terms, skills, guideinformation and coursebook information with each other. DIVIDE THEM INTO THE DIMENSIONS (ECONOMICAL/PHYSICAL/POLITICAL)

5.Done? Get into this lessonup an think of a question to ask about the paragraph you choose. Search for the right quizslide and write down your question.

Ask your question about paragraph 1

Ask your question about paragraph 2

Ask your question about paragraph 3

Ask your question about paragraph 4

Subduction

The heavy oceanic plate is
 forced under the continental
plate. 

The oceanic plate melts >
 becomes magma

Magma rises to the surface and creates a volcano. 

Mid-oceanic ridge

Divergent plate movement in the ocean.

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

Volcanoes are formed because of...

1. Subduction
2. Convergent plate movement
3. Divergent plate movement
4. Transform plate movement

Finish the sentence:
"Subduction happens when ..... "

Which natural disaster did we leave undiscussed? What do you know about this natural disaster?

What are the three tectonic movements of the plates called?

"Subduction is always convergence, but convergence is not always subduction"

1. True
2. False

Earthquakes can be caused by....

1. Subduction
2. Convergent plate movement
3. Divergent plate movement
4. Transform plate movement

"Hurricanes are formed by exogenic forces"

1. True
2. False

Studying for the test

-Use mindmaps

-Make sure you know all the terms by heart (je kent ze uit je hoofd)

-Exercise 1 of paragraph 1 will NOT be asked

-Take a dictionary!!!!

-Check all your answers

-Try to create your own test, making your own questions