People and earthquakes: Turkey, 2023
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can explain that responding to earthquakes involves many different people locally, nationally and internationally.
Key learning points
- The scale of the earthquake in Turkey was huge in terms of land area, settlements and people affected.
- Impact responses occur in the short, medium and long term.
- Different people and countries respond to an earthquake in different ways.
Keywords
Response - A response is a reaction to something.
Aid organisation - Aid organisations are charities that respond to support countries following earthquakes, other natural disasters and wars.
DEC - The Disaster Emergency Committee (DEC) brings together charities to provide support for countries affected by earthquakes and other disasters.
Aftershock - An aftershock is a smaller earthquake following after an initial larger earthquake.
Common misconception
Shocks of earthquakes only happen once.
Large earthquakes will often have an initial shock and then be followed by a series of aftershocks as the tectonic plates settle.
Teacher tip
Research aid organisations to see how they have helped in other earthquakes.
Content guidance
Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering
Supervision
Adult supervision required
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What is a continent?
Q2.How many continents are there on Earth?
Q3.What continent is Turkey located in?
Q4.Match the statements to form definitions.
huge pieces of Earth's crust
the outermost layer of Earth
the layer beneath the crust and the largest layer of Earth
the centre of Earth
Q5.Which of the following statements is true?
Q6.7 on the Moment magnitude scale is...
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which tectonic plates caused the earthquake in Turkey 2023?
Q2.What did the first two earthquakes measure between on the Moment Magnitude Scale?
Q3.A smaller earthquake following after an initial larger earthquake is called an....
Q4.Short term responses to earthquakes include....
Q5.Long term responses to earthquakes include...
Q6.What does DEC stand for?
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