1. Alaska 1964 tsunami damage and earthquake damage 1989 Alaska volcano Mt. Redoubt

2. Overview of Natural Disasters

3. Natural Disasters Open a Word Doc Take a minute to write down a few examples of natural disasters Class brainstorm Google sets lab - did we get all of them?Google sets lab

4. Earth’s Crust Let’s look at the natural disasters related to the earth’s crust… What are they? –Earthquakes –Volcanoes –*Landslides and Tsunamis

5. During an earthquake, a cow makes…what? Milk shakes! Earthquakes: Where do they happen?happen Earthquake destruction

6. March 11, 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunamitsunami Water from a 10m high tsunami flowed up to 10km inlandtsunami This is the world’s 5th largest earthquake

7. A tsunami is…. A destructive sea wave caused by an earthquake or volcanic eruption

8. Tsunami First hand account: Thailand 2004, due to the Sumatra (Indonesia) earthquakeaccount

9. Where? When? Why? Andaman islands

10. Pompeii (Roman city) 79 A.D. Mt. Vesuvius erupted The towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum were buried and between 10,000 and 25,000 people died The eruption lasted about 19hrs and was followed by an earthquake Vesuvius (volcano)

11. Pompeii -Lay buried under 9ft of volcanic ash -1700s was found

12. Image swirl Pompeii What image is the most interesting? What did archaeologists find in the 1700s when they unearthed Pompeii?

14. Word Wall! Make sure you have definitions for: Earthquake Volcano Tsunami