Mr Griffin's Japan tsunami case study

What causes a tsunami?

• A volcanic eruption

• A high sea wave caused by an earthquake

• A thunderstorm

• A landslide

What was the main cause of the Japan Tsunami 2011?

• an earthquake at sea

• A tsunami warning system failure

• A volcanic eruption

• A hurricane

What is a Tsunami?

• A Tsunami is a wave

• A Tsunami is a joke

• A Tsunami is a large lake

• A Tsunami is a very large and powerful water wave

How many Japanese soldiers were deployed in search and rescue?

• 10

• 50'000

• 100'000

• 10'000

Where did explosions occur at the nuclear power plant?

• Fujiyama

• Fukushima

• Tokyo

• Kyoto

The port city of______ was destroyed by the earthquake

• Sendai

• Tokyo

• Kyoto

• Gozo

Which two tectonic plates were involved?

• North American/ Eurasian

• South American/Arabian

• Australian/Nazca

• North American/Pacific

What type of plate boundary?

• Destructive

• constructive

• Collision

• conservative

Roads, railways and communications are examples of what?

• development

• infrastructure

• tsunami

• Volcanoes

Which Japanese island was most effected?

• Kyushu

• Honshu

• Hokkaido

• Shikoku