Our Changing Earth: Kobe, Japan Earthquake United Streaming Video

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Our Changing Earth Kobe, Japan Earthquake United
Streaming Video

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• What do you think is the most difficult aspect of
  cleaning up after an earthquake?
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• 2. Do you think there is a scientific explanation
  for why two earthquakes occurred exactly one year
  apart? Why or Why not?
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Our Changing Earth Kobe, Japan

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• 3. How do you think it felt to be in the Kobe
  earthquake? Explain.
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• 4. Where was the epicenter of the Kobe
  earthquake?
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Our Changing EarthKobe, Japan

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• 5. If you were a resident of Kobe, would you have
  rebuilt or moved after the earthquake? Why or Why
  not?
• 1100
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• 6. How did sunflowers wind up across Japan? 1150

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Our Changing Earth

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• 7. If an earthquake occurred in Berks county what
  do you think would incur the most damage?
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• 8. What were some of the reasons that Kobe was so
  damaged by the quake?
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Our Changing Earth

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• 9. Why do you think Tokyo historically has been
  the focus for Japanese earthquake safety?
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• 10. How is Tokyo different from Kobe in terms of
  earthquake safety?

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Our Changing Earth

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• 11. What are tectonic plates?
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• 12. What kinds of tectonic
• movements take place
• around Japan?

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Our Changing Earth

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• 13. Is earthquake preparedness or prediction more
  important? Explain.
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• 14. How has earthquake preparedness (prevention)
  in Japan changed since the Kobe quake?

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Our Changing Earth

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• What is a tsunami?
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• How are tsunamis created?

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Our Changing Earth

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• 17. How can people protect themselves from
  tsunamis?

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• http//ayumiris.blogspot.com/2007/12/earthquake-in
  -kobejapan-1995.html
• Very informative website on the Kobe earthquake.