ATM 107 The Oceans

Ch. 10 – The Waves

Wed., 11 November 2015

Daily Announcements:

1) Exam #3 is Monday, Nov. 23.

2) Exam #3: Ch. 9, 10, & 11 and lecture material

(videos too!)

3) Students with disabilities: please verify your appointment

at the DRC.

4) You can visit your TAs Rebecca or Jonathan or me during

our posted Office Hours to go over your Exam #2 up until

the date of Exam #3. If you did not mark your answers

directly on your exam paper, then you must come see me.

Song #1: “Tsunami” by John Fausett

Song #2: “Tsunami” by Prozzak

Text Source Today: 10.9

Notes Template

· Tsunami PDF DOC

· 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami

· 2011 Japan Earthquake & Tsunami, Textbook (PDF) Closer Look

· 2011 Japan Earthquake

· 2011 Japan Tsunami “Before & After” Photos

· 2011 Japan Tsunami Debris Animation

· DVD: NOVA: “Tsunami – The Wave That Shook the World”

(Click above for the youtube presentation of the DVD)

Study Guide Material (Stacey’s Guide) :

1) What are the four primary causes of a tsunami?

2) What is a typical wavelength, wave height, period and speed of a tsunami?

3) Is a tsunami a “deep water wave” or a “shallow water wave?” Explain.

4) How can a tsunami wave pass relatively unnoticed under a ship at sea?

5) What happens to the tsunami wave as it approaches a coast?

6) Why does the water often recede out to sea minutes before a tsunami strikes?

7) How do animals know to flee to higher ground before a tsunami strikes?

8) Where do tsunami typically occur most often?