1. Unit: Natural Disasters AIM: How have earthquakes affected the lives and communities around the world?
Do now:
What is your definition of an Earthquake.
Write down what you think an area would look like after an Earthquake took place.

2. Short video of what an Earthquake is.

3. #1: Define Earthquake
A sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action

4. #2: What would an area look like after an Earthquake took place?

9. You are correct. #2: If you wrote down : -Destruction -Building damage
-Road damage
-Death
You are correct.

10. Mountain that formed from the Earthquake that took place 9/25/13 off the coast of Pakistan.

11. Japan’s Earthquake

12. Common words associated with Earthquake
Tremor Aftershock Magnitude Seismic activity Seismogram Seismograph