C4.2 Japan - Lesson 5: The Great East Japan Disaster

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JAPAN

C4.2: The Great East Japan Disaster

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What's the plan for today?

C4.2: The Great East Japan Disaster

This includes:

1. TSUNAMI
2. RICHTER SCALE

GOALS OF C4.2

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

You can explain the words epicentre and hypocentre.

The seaquake near Japan

You can explain in 4 steps how a tsunami works.

Empty page in

your notebook

Take your notebook in front of you

Let's go!

Open C4.2 in your coursebook: We read the paragraph together.

• Make exercises 6 and 8
• Make paragraph 1 + 2 of the list of knowledge and skills

                             --> allowed on your Chromebook as well

Rules:

• You're allowed to work together.

OPEN C4.2 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

HOMEWORK

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