Transcript Bell Ringer Monday, March 10, 2014

Japan and the Ring of Fire
Deadly Earthquakes and Tsunamis
Mr. Mac
Japan by Satellite
Notice the
fault
Global Tectonic Plates
Japan -- On the “Ring of
Fire”
Japan’s Sub-Oceanic
Trenches
Tsunami anyone?
Japanese Earthquakes: 19611994
Ginza Ruins After The Great Kanto
Earthquake -- Tokyo, 1923
Over 100,000 dead!
Kobe Earthquake -- January 17,
1995
► 7.2 Richter scale
► 5,500 deaths
Kobe Earthquake -- January 17,
1995
2011
JAPAN EARTHQUAKE
SITE OF 2011 EARTHQUAKE
Tsunami anyone?
18,00 people died -- mostly by drowning
JAPAN TSUNAMI
2011
Interesting Websites to Check Out
Earthquake Simulation
http://www.iknowthat.com/mhscience/Earthquakes/Fixed.htm
Facts about the 2011 Japan Earthquake and Tsunami
http://www.livescience.com/39110-japan-2011-earthquake-tsunami-facts.html
Japan Tsunami: 20 Unforgettable Pictures
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/03/pictures/110315-nuclear-reactor-japantsunami-earthquake-world-photos-meltdown/
Earthquake Information for Kids
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/kids/
Analyzing Maps of Japan and the Korean Peninsula
Directions: Using your computers, look up the following locations on Google Maps. Be sure
to look at both earth and street views. You may explore and look up other areas of the 3
counties, and yes when you have done some exploring you can play Pac-Man!
• Japanese fault line to the east of the main islands
• Tokyo, Japan
• Tokyo Disneyland
• Watch a baseball game at the Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan
• Find a capsule hotel or Shinto Shrine in Japan
• Atomic Bomb Dome, Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, Hiroshima, Japan
• Take a walk through the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum, Nagasaki, Japan
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Mount Fuji, Japan
Seoul, South Korea
Kim Il Sung Square, Pyongyang, North Korea