KILLER TSUNAMIS

Try to answer the following questions without reading the text

1. What’s the main cause of Tsunamis?
2. Why has Japan been hit by so many tsunamis?
3. How fast do waves travel in deep water after an earthquake?
4. Are they high? Do ships notice the waves?
5. What happens when the waves enter shallow waters?
6. Do they go so fast?
7. How high can they be?
8. Does the wave break and stop when it reaches the coast?
9. How far can it go inland?
10. When is it most dangerous?
11. What happens when people think it is all over?
12. When did the deadliest tsunami occur?
13. Where did the earthquake take place?
14. How many people died?
15. Could everybody be warned?
16. What do the scientists in The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre do?
17. Do you remember the pieces of advice they give?

KILLER TSUNAMIS

The warnings are few, the sights are sudden, the tide goes into reverse. A thunderous roar fills the air and then it strikes and when _______________, nothing is left.

A Tsunami

The word in Japanese means “harbour wave”. Japan has been hit by many tsunamis in its history _______________ its location. It lies across the edges of 4 tectonic plates _______________ earthquakes, the principal cause of tsunamis are born.

When two tectonic plates _________________, the resulting earthquake sends an enormous burst of energy up through the ocean, displacing enormous _________________.

A series of waves expands in all directions. In deep water these waves travel fast, up to 500 miles an hour, but only reach a ____________ of a few feet. A passing ship might not even notice. But as the waves enter shallow waters, friction with the ocean floor ____________the waves speed and raises their height until at land fall they can engulf a ten storey ______________.

Unlike _______________ waves, a tsunami wave doesn’t crest at break, _____________, it advances like a wall of water that crashes over the coastline and everything in its way, reaching even ____________ a mile inland.

More damage is caused when the wave recedes dragging everything in it back under water and most tsunamis have multiple waves, each arriving anywhere from 10 to 60 minutes after the first strike just when survivors think ____________________.

The deadliest tsunami ever recorded occurred in December of 2004.

An earthquake off the coast of Indonesia triggered a tsunami that surged across the Indian ocean and reached as far as the coast of Africa. Full sections of cities ________________. More than ______ people died. Most had no way of being _______________.

5.000 miles away, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre in Honolulu is __________ 24 hours a day to prevent a similar tragedy _________________ in the US.

Scientists monitor tremors and quakes from _______________. If a quake big enough to cause a tsunami occurs, it is their job to alert the coastlines in the tsunami’s path.

The ________________is simple: move to a _________________

_______________ that the tsunami has passed and be ready ________________ the ruins left in its wake

AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH

Try to answer the following questions after watching the video

1. Which natural disasters can you see?
2. Which have been the hottest years?
3. Which has been the hottest of all?
4. Who is causing global warming according to scientists?
5. Who does Al Gore say he used to be?
6. Where can you see snow in this trailer?
7. What has happened?
8. What will happen within this decade?
9. Is it only a political issue?
10. Where do temperature increases take place?
11. What does that cause?
12. Which other threat is mentioned?
13. What’s happening in the Artic?
14. What will happen to the sea level if this goes on?
15. Who are the people you can see? What are they doing?
16. What do we have to do to prevent this from happening?

AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH

If you look at the ten hottest years ever measured, they’ve all occurred in the last 14 years and the ______________________ was 2005.

Scientific consensus is that WE are causing _________________.

I am Al Gore. I _____________________ president of the United States of America.

This is Patagonia 75 years ago and the same glacier today.

This is Mount Kilimanjaro ________________ and last year.

Within ____________________ there will be no more snows of Kilimanjaro.

This is really not a political issue so much as a _________________ issue. Temperature increases are taking place all over the world and that’s causing _________________.

This is the biggest crisis in the history of this country.

Early this morning Hurricane Katrina ____________________ into New Orleans.

Is it possible that we should prepare against other_____________   _____________ terrorists?

From Paramount classics comes a film that has shocked audiences everywhere they’ve ___________.

The Artic is experiencing faster _________________, if this were to go, _________________ worldwide would go up 20 feet.

This is what would happen in Florida around Shanghay home to 40 million people

The area around Calcutta 60 million.

Here’s Manhattan the world trade centre Memorial would be ________________.

Think of the impact of a _________________ thousand refugees, and then imagine a _________________ .

We have to act together to solve this global crisis.  Our ability to live is what is ________________.