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Wednesday 13 November 2013

One City - Two Earthquakes


Reading Activity for “One City- Two Earthquakes” pages 8-15
1. What caused the earthquake to happen in New Zealand?
Answer: Earth’s rocky outer layer is divided into huge segments, called plates. These plates move across the Earth’s surface very slowly, travelling only a few centimetres.
2. Define the following words: aftershock, epicentre, fault, magnitude, tremors
Answer:
Aftershock-a smaller earthquake that comes after the main one and is in the same area
Epicentre-the point on the earth’s surface directly above where an earthquake starts
Fault-a line where the Earth’s crust has cracked before
Magnitude-the energy released by an earthquake at it’s point of origin
Tremors-the shaking caused by an earthquake
3. What are the precautions we should take in an earthquake?
Answer: Drop, Cover, Hold
4. How many people died in the earthquake on February 5, 2011?
Answer: 182
5.Why was the February earthquake so much worse than the earthquake in September?
Answer: Because the September one struck in the morning
6. What is liquefaction, and why is it dangerous?
Answer: Its so bad because when it gets shaken it loses its liquefaction
7.What causes an earthquake?
Answer: Earth’s rocky outer layer is divided into huge segments, called plates
8.  Which text do you prefer and tell why?
Answer: I prefer One City - Two Earthquake because it tell us information about how does earthquake starts and what happens when earthquake is happening.


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