Instructions
You need to choose from one of the natural hazards below and answer a range of questions. You need to use your research and communication skills to create either a poster, a PowerPoint presentation or booklet/pamphlet about your chosen natural hazard.
Your presentation needs to have a title, headings, a range of visual data (diagrams, maps, data, photographs) and full sentences.
Your presentation needs to have a title, headings, a range of visual data (diagrams, maps, data, photographs) and full sentences.
Earthquakes
Questions to answer:
- What is an earthquake?
- What is a foreshock, main shock and aftershock?
- Describe folding and faulting.
- What causes an earthquake to happen?
- Where have the majority of earthquakes happened?
- What does an earthquake look like?
- What are some of the effects earthquakes have on the lithosphere?
- What are some of the effects earthquakes have on the surface of Earth?
- Are there different kinds of earthquakes?
- What are the negative effects of earthquakes?
- What are the positive effects of earthquakes? Are there any?
- How are earthquakes measured?
- Can humans predict an earthquake? How?
- What are 5 famous earthquakes to have happened in history? Fill out a table with the following headings: name, country, year of earthquake, death toll and description of event.
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Website Suggestions:
- Geography4Kids - Earthquakes: http://www.geography4kids.com/files/earth_earthquake.html
- KidsGeo - Earthquakes: http://kidsgeo.com/geology-for-kids/0044B-earthquakes.php
- Live Earthquakes Map: http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/
- National Geographic - Earthquakes: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-disasters/earthquakes/
- How Stuff Works - Earthquakes: http://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/natural-disasters/earthquake.htm
- Ducksters: http://www.ducksters.com/science/earthquakes.php
- Encyclopedia Britannica: Volcanoes: https://www.britannica.com/science/earthquake-geology
Volcanoes
Questions to answer:
- What is a volcano?
- How do volcanoes form?
- Where are most volcanoes located?
- What are the main parts of a volcano?
- What causes a volcano to erupt?
- How does a volcano erupt?
- What happens when a volcano erupts?
- Are there different types of volcanic eruptions?
- What are the different stages of activity for volcanoes?
- What happens to lava that does not erupt and stays under the surface?
- What are the negative effects of volcanoes?
- Are there any positive effects of volcanoes? What are they?
- Can human predict volcanic eruptions? How?
- Create a table with the headings: Name of volcano, Country, Type of volcano, Year of last eruption, Active/Dormant/Extinct.
- Mt Etna
- Popocatepetl
- Mt St. Helens
- Stromboli
- Kilauea
- Merapi
- Krakatau
- Vilarrica
- Mt. Vesuvius
- Tambora
- Pinatubo
- Tungurahua
- Sofriere Hills
- Whangarei
- Wrangell Volcano
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Website Suggestions:
- Different types of Volcanoes information: http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/volcanoes/vtypesvolcan1.html
- Different eruption styles information: http://discoverykids.com/games/volcano-explorer/
- The Nature of Volcanoes: http://solarviews.com/eng/tervolc2.htm
- Monitoring Volcanoes: http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/volcanoes/vmonitor.html
- Volcanism: http://www.kidsgeo.com/geology-for-kids/0049-volcanism.php
- Encyclopedia Britannica: Volcanoes: https://www.britannica.com/science/volcano
- Environmental impacts: http://www.lenntech.com/volcanic-eruptions-environment.htm
- Geography4Kids - Volcanoes: http://www.geography4kids.com/files/earth_volcano.html
- Ducksters: http://www.ducksters.com/science/volcanoes.php
Tsunamis
Questions to answer:
- What is a tsunami?
- What does the word tsunami mean and why was it named this?
- What causes a tsunami to form?
- What does a tsunami wave look like?
- How fast do tsunamis travel?
- What happens to a tsunami when it approaches the shore?
- Can humans predict tsunamis? How?
- Why can tsunamis be difficult to predict?
- Where is the most active tsunami area?
- What are the negative effect of tsunamis?
- What are the positive effects of tsunamis? Are there any?
- How are tsunamis measured?
- What is the difference between a tsunami and a large wave?
- What are 5 famous tsunamis to have happened in history? Fill out a table with the following headings: name, ocean/sea, year of tsunami, death toll and description of event.
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Website Suggestions:
- National Geographic Kids - Tsunamis: https://www.natgeokids.com/au/discover/geography/physical-geography/tsunamis/
- KidsGeo - Tsunamis: http://kidsgeo.com/geography-for-kids/0146B-tsunamis.php
- BBC BiteSize - Tsunamis: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/natural_hazards/tsunamis_rev1.shtml
- Australian Geographic: http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/science-environment/2011/03/tsunamis-how-they-form
- Ducksters: http://www.ducksters.com/science/earth_science/tsunamis.php
- Encyclopedia Britannica - Tsunamis: https://www.britannica.com/science/tsunami