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7-10  Plates

 

 

3  Earthquakes

Geog123   book 1

 

pages 108-109  10.4 Earthquakes

pages 110-111   10.5 Earthquake, Los Angeles, 1994

pages 112-113   10.6 Limiting the damage earthquakes do

 

 

key words

earthquake, volcano, plate, plate boundary;  seismic wave, focus, epicentre, aftershocks, seismometer, seismograph,

magnitude, Richter Scale; fault, Los Angeles, San Andreas Fault;

predict, laser beam, tiltmeter, radon gas, foreshock, emergency, emergency plan, emergency kit;

 

The nature of earthquake waves and their energy/destructive measurement.

The Richter scale – glossary of terms;

seismic wave, focus, epicentre, aftershocks, seismometer, seismograph, magnitude, Richter Scale, fault

 

Damage incurred in earthquake – poor and developed countries –

Qns page 109

 

 

 

The Izmit earthquake mystery – Turkey 1999. A sorting and ordering exercise that develops thinking about the realities of earthquake management the reaction of relief agencies.

 

Why was Kate Nicholls asleep in Ismir airport at 3.00 am. in word

 

These are information chips that can be sorted in a number of ways, such as personal information about Kate Nicholls, the Red Cross, causes of earthquakes, effects and aftermath of EQ's and relief efforts ... as examples.

 

homework: write up the mystery as a story piece of writing ... explaining the question

 

   

Plates 1  Structure

Plates 2  Plates

Plates 3  Earthquakes

Plates 4  Volcanoes

Plates 5  Hazards

 

Volcanoes

 

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