Introduction
Picture this... One minute, you’re on a relaxing holiday eating dinner with your family. The room starts to shake, your dinner plate shatters, and the next minute you’re all looking at each other and yelling “earthquake!”
If this was the case, you would have experienced something known as a geomorphic hazard.
You are now going to go on a web quest to find out more about geomorphic hazards.
Task
The Tohuku earthquake off the coast of Japan on March 11, 2011 was one of the biggest recorded, measuring 9 on the Richter scale. The earthquake resulted in a devastating tsunami, which caused destruction of the country and many people dead or missing. By going on this web quest you are going to become an expert on the 2011 disaster in Japan.
Let's get started! Firstly, copy and paste the below table into a google doc and complete the blank columns using chapter 5 of the textbook. This will provide you with a word bank of the key terms associated with the topic and will assist you with completing the activities to follow.
| Key term | Definition | Picture |
| Geomorphology | ||
| Geomorphic hazard | ||
| Natural hazard | ||
| Earthquake | ||
| Tsunami | ||
| Richter scale | ||
| Tectonic plates | ||
| Disaster | ||
| Seismometer | ||
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Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis (DART) buoys |
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| Geographic information systems (GIS) | ||
| Seismic |
Process
1. Work with a partner and use the textbook to create a timeline of events for the Tohuku earthquake. You may also like to use this website as an additional resource for developing your timeline: http://nationalpost.com/news/japan-quake-and-tsunami-timeline-of-key-events
2.