Geography - Induction

One of the units we study at A level is Hazardous Earth (OCR Specification), developing some of the elements you have learnt at GCSE, such as the use of technology to predict earthquakes, which is notoriously difficult and unreliable.

For your remote induction you are going to look at the current research behind earthquake prediction, the causes of some of the worse tsunamis linked to subduction zones, and what can be done to try and mitigate the impacts of similar tsunamis in the future.

You will need to log into the Royal Geographical society to access the podcast for this session:-

Royal Geographical Society podcast

Email :- 1093091@rgs.org

Password:- GB747AOK

Task one.

Dr Rebecca Bell is Lecturer in the Faculty of Engineering, Department of Earth Science & Engineering at Imperial College, London. In this podcast Dr Bell discusses her research into subduction zones, and slow slip earthquakes.

Listen to the podcast and make notes on the following questions:

· What are oceanic plates?

· What is recurrence interval?

· What are the things that affect the stress in fault lines?

· What is a slow slip event?

· Why are these difficult to study?

Task two

Watch this National Geographic report on the 2011 Tsunami that took place in Japan. Explain the geography behind the tsunami?

Task three

Study these news articles related to the event. It has been seven years since the event. How has Japan prepared for future earthquakes and tsunamis?

The school beneath the wave: the unimaginable tragedy of Japan’s tsunami (The Guardian, 2017)

After the tsunami: Japan's sea walls – in pictures (The Guardian, 2018)

The great wave: debris from the Japanese tsunami – in pictures (The Guardian, 2017)

How scientists are helping Japan rebuild after the devastating 2011 tsunami (The Conversation, 2016)

If you have any questions about the A level course or anything else about geography at King’s for A level please feel free to get in contact with me:-

ayling.j@kings.peterborough.sch.uk

Mrs Ayling

HoD Geography