Indian Ocean Tsunami

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Indian Ocean Tsunami

• Boxing Day 2004
• ltinsert name heregt

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Lesson Aims

• The aim of this lesson is for you to produce a
  PowerPoint presentation of the Asian Tsunami.
• You will show your understanding of the causes
  and effects of a major earthquake in an LEDC
  region.

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Where did it take place?

• Describe where the Tsunami took place.

Epicentre
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Why did it happen?

• The next few slides show the sequence of events
  which led to the formation of the tsunami.
  Annotate the images using text boxes to show your
  understanding.
• If you need some help look at this website
• http//news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/4136289.stm

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Stage 1
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Stage 2 The earthquake
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Stage 3 The wave begins
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Stage 4 The movement of the wave
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Stage 5 - Landfall
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Factfile of the Earthquake

• Richter Scale
• Duration of shaking
• Location of Epicentre
• Wave height
• Approximate number of deaths 250 000
• Approximate cost 15
  billion

Go to this webpage and you will find the answers
in the first three paragraphs. http//en.wikipedia
.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake
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What effects did it have?

• Below are some of the effects of the Tsunami
  (Underline the secondary effects (remember
  secondary effects are the after effects of the
  wave and shaking).
• Financial costs in monitoring and surveying
  infected water.
• Contaminated food and water supplies.
• Infrastructure (homes, buildings, roads)
  destroyed by waves carrying debris.
• Disease caused by decaying bodies and stagnated
  water.
• Illness resulting from poor access to those most
  in need (as roads and general infrastructure is
  destroyed).
• Drowning and broken limbs (due to people being
  washed into debris like houses and trees).
• Cost of restoring local amenities-schools,
  healthcare centres, water supplies and housing.
• Psychological impact of peoples feelings towards
  their home.

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What effects did it have?

• Produce a table of effects by copy and pasting
  the comments from the previous slide into the
  correct column on this slide.

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What effects did it have?
Annotate the photos to show the impacts of the
tsunami. You could use different colours to show
different types of effects.
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What effects did it have?
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The international response

• Responses to the tsunami can be both short and
  long term. Give an example of both
  (http//us.oneworld.net/article/view/120231/?Print
  ableVersionenabled)
• SHORT TERM RESPONSES
• LONG TERM RESPONSES

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Homework Question

• Describe and explain the causes and effects for
  an earthquake you have studied in an LEDC.