Oceans 11
Tsunamis Activity
Tsunami Activity
10/5/2014
Name: ____________________ Sect: _____
Tsunami is Japanese for harbor wave. These large, destructive waves are created during seismic
events at thrust faults. The most recent devastating Tsunami took place in March of 2011 in Japan.
Primer Questions
1. Suggest a reason as to why a Tsunami might be misnamed a tidal wave?
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
2. From the in-class note and video support , describe what a Tsunami actually looks like
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
3. What risks to populated areas might a tsunami present?
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
4. Why is Nova Scotia not at risk for a giant tsunami?
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
Environmental Risk Questions
Read the attached article “National Rapid Environmental Assessment—Indonesia”
Answer these questions on the 2004 Tsunami in Indonesia
1. How high were the waves that struck Sumatra?
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
2. What was the name of the first island to be struck by the Tsunami (in 2004)?
____________________________________________________________________________
Oceans 11
Tsunamis Activity
10/5/2014
2. What was the human cost to this Tsunami?
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
3. What does the “Ministry of Environment” do in this region after a tsunami?
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
4. What was the estimated cost of damage to environmental assets and environmental services?
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
5. What are the three stages of an Rapid Environmental Assessment (REA)?
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
6. What is the Tsunami Recovery Waste Management Programme ?
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
Oceans 11
Tsunamis Activity
10/5/2014
7. (Not in the reading directly, but relevant to UNICEF and UN-HABITAT section)
Why do you think it is necessary to rebuild sanitation (water supply, sewage) and housing after
a tsunami? (i.e. are houses just flooded)
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
8. What was the overall damage to ecosystems in Sumatra?
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
9. How many coral reefs are present off the coast of Sumatra?
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
10. How were the coral reefs affected during this event?
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
11. What is the most serious threat to the coastal environment?
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
Oceans 11
Tsunamis Activity
10/5/2014
12. A mangrove is a water based tree (creating a coastal forest).
(a) What was the impact to mangroves?
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
(b) What was the economic loss due to the tsunami damage to the mangroves?
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
13. How many streams and rivers feed into the estuaries and wetlands?
____________________________________________________________________________
14. (Page 25, skipped a page) How have rivers and estuaries been affected?
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
15. How did the tsunami affect the groundwater?
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
16. What was the effect of the tsunami on farmland?
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
17. What has the assessment said about protected areas?
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________