Reading

Introduction

One of the examples of natural phenomena in this country is tsunami that we cannot forget it. Eleven year ago, on of our families in Banda Aceh got Tsunami and it broke everything. A thousand people suffered from it and it can be said that it was the hardest phenomena we have ever had. Here, you are asked to read a text dealing with what Tsunami is. Read the text carefullt and answer the questions by using your own words.

 

TSUNAMI

 

            The term of “tsunami” comes from the Japanese which means harbour (“tsu”) and wave (“nami”). A tsunami is a series of waves generated when water in a lake or a sea is rapidly displaced on a massive scale. A tsunami can be generated when the sea floor abruptly deforms and vertically displaces the overlying water. Such large vertical movements of the earth’s crust can occur at plate boundaries.

            Subductions of earthquakes are particularly effective in generating tsunami, and occur where denser oceanic plates slip under continental plates. As the displaced water mass moves under the  influnce of gravity to regain its equilibrium, it radiates across the ocean like ripples on a pond.

            Tsunami always brings great damage. Most of the damage is caused by the huge mass of water behind the initial wave front, as the height of the sea keeps rising fast and floods powerfully into the coastal area.

 

Task

Answer the questions by using your own words.

  1. What is the meaning of  tsunami?
  2. How does the  tsunami occur?
  3. What kind of effects that may tsunami bring toward the environment?

 

Process

explain about tsunami than read and anwer the questions.

Evaluation

Category

Level 4

Level 3

Level 2

Level 1

Thoroughness

Presentation is complete, includes the answers to the questions, has images and details.

Presentation is mostly complete, includes the majority of the answers to the questions, has some images and details.

Presentation is somewhat complete, includes the some of the answers to the questions, has minimal images and details.

Presentation is not complete, includes the none of the answers to the questions, and has no images and details.

Use of Information

The information in the presentation is from the online resources provided within the WebQuest and are in the student’s own words.

The information in the presentation includes some online resources provided within the WebQuest and the information is mostly written in the student’s

The information in the presentation includes minimal online resources provided within the WebQuest and the information is partially written in the student’s

The information in the presentation includes no online resources and the information is not written in the student’s own words.

 

Conclusion

 

            One of the examples of natural phenomena in this country is tsunami that we cannot forget it.The term of “tsunami” comes from the Japanese which means harbour (“tsu”) and wave (“nami”) .And Tsunami always brings great damage. Most of the damage is caused by the huge mass of water behind the initial wave front, as the height of the sea keeps rising fast and floods powerfully into the coastal area.