Chapter 7: Japan Par 2.

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What happened?

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At the end of the 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.

Language aim: Epicentre/hypocentre

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Which earth plate is heavier?
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A
Oceanic plate
B
Continental plate

Slide 3 - Quiz

Explain how a volcano forms in a subduction zone.
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Slide 4 - Open question

3 Plate movements
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Transform
Divergent
Convergent

Slide 5 - Drag question

What is NOT a plate movement?
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A
Convergence
B
Divergence
C
Transform
D
Avergence

Slide 6 - Quiz

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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.

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You can explain how a earthquake occurs.

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You can name how the Richter scale works.


"Scale for measuring the force of an earthquake."

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

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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.

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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


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Task
Paragraph 2: 1 to 8. Homework

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What do you know at the end of the lesson?
-Tsunami's: you are able to explain how a tsunami is formed.
-You know what the link is between Japan's energy sources and a second disaster.

Language aim: You know how to draw the terms earthquake, tsunami, epicentre, hypocentre and scale level of paragraph 2.

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Slide 17 - Video

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Assignment: Do excercise 8
Are you done with this excercise? 
Take an a4 (take one from the cabinet = de kast)
Draw the following terms:
earthquake
tsunami
epicentre
hypocentre
scale level 

Done? Start with the rest of the homework for friday! Or, take the challenge. 
See this lessonup.

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FUKUSHIMA

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ENERGY

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Slide 22 - Video

Challenge? 
Try to explain what happened exactly at th nuclear reactor. Can you explain what is said in the followig film?
Write it down in your notebook.

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Slide 24 - Video