Chapter 7: Japan Par 2.

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What happened?

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

What do we call the movement of liquid rock in the mantle, caused by heat of the inner core?

1. Plate tectonics
2. Plate boundaries
3. Convection currents
4. Tectonic plates

What is the driving force behind plate tectonics?

1. Convection currents
2. Sea
3. Mantle
4. Lava

What natural disasters are common around the ring of fire?

1. Earthquakes - Hurricanes
2. Volcanoes - Hurricanes
3. Earthquakes - Volcanoes
4. Floods - Hurricanes

What is the longest mountain range in the world?

1. The Alps
2. The mid-Atlantic ridge
3. Andes
4. Himalaya

What are the consequences of subduction?

Which earth plate is heavier?

1. Oceanic plate
2. Continental plate

Explain how a volcano forms in a subduction zone.

3 Plate movements

Transform

Divergent

Convergent

What is NOT a plate movement?

1. Convergence
2. Divergence
3. Transform
4. Avergence

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.

You can explain how a earthquake occurs.

You can name how the Richter scale works.

"Scale for measuring the force of an earthquake."

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

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.

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

Task

Paragraph 2: 1 to 8. Homework

Done? Create a mindmap of the two
Check earthquake map yourself:https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/

BAT1A: Take an a4 (take one from the cabinet = de kast)

Draw the following keywords:

earthquake

tsunami

epicentre

hypocentre

scale level 

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.

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 paragraph 3 exercises 1 to 4

FUKUSHIMA

ENERGY

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.