C7.2 Japan - Lesson 7: 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.

WRITE DOWN IN YOUR NOTEBOOK

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

-- The force goes times 10

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

CHECK HOMEWORK

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

The rest of the lesson...

C7.2: The Great East Japan Disaster

• Open page 106-107 in your coursebook.

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

Finished?

• Learn for your Topography quiz!
• Topomania.net on your Chromebook

HOMEWORK

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