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Secondary Social Studies
Year: 7
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| Strand 3: Environment and Population
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Substrand: "7.6 Earthquakes, Tsunamis And Volcanoes"
(14 periods)
This sub strand looks at Earthquakes, Tsunamis and Volcanoes. It explains why these causes disasters and suggest appropriate actions people should take.
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Earthquakes & Tsunamis
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7.6.1 know the different locations of where earthquake occurrences is frequent in the Pacific (k)
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7.6.1.1 locate the Pacific Ring of Fire on a world map and other earthquake areas in the world
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7.6.2 understand the causes and effects of earthquakes and instruments for measuring earthquakes (u)
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7.6.2.1 explain the causes and effects of earthquakes, measures of mitigation and decisions to avoid huge casualties
7.6.2.2 name the instruments used to measure earthquakes and their units of measurement
7.6.2.3 discuss the consequences and effects of earthquakes and tsunamis
7.6.2.4 define the terms plates, plate boundaries, crater, earthquake, ring of fire, tsunamis, epicenter, and fault line
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7.6.3 understand how earthquakes may form tsunamis and recognize the warning signs (u)
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7.6.2.3 discuss the consequences and effects of earthquakes and tsunamis
7.6.2.4 define the terms plates, plate boundaries, crater, earthquake, ring of fire, tsunamis, epicenter, and fault line
7.6.3.1 explain different types of volcanoes and identify photos these different types
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7.6.4 locate on a map other areas where earthquake frequently occurs and positions of local and major volcanoes of the world on a map (s)
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7.6.4.1 explain on a map where different earth quakes are usually occur at certain places in our country
7.6.4.1 locate on the world map three areas earthquakes occur frequently and give reasons
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7.6.5 have formed opinions about the effectiveness of the measures to avoid risks from earthquakes, Tsunamis, and Volcanic eruptions (a)
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7.6.5.1 explain how earthquakes may form tsunamis
7.6.5.2 examine an earthquake or tsunami that caused major destruction in Solomon Islands
7.6.5.3 examine a case study of the Western and Choiseul Province Earthquake and tsunami
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7.6.6 have formed opinions about the effectiveness of the measures to avoid risks from earthquakes, Tsunamis, and Volcanic eruptions (a)
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7.6.6.1 discuss how the measures to avoid risks from earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanoes can be made more effective
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7.6.2 understand the causes and effects of earthquakes and instruments for measuring earthquakes (u)
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Volcanoes
7.6.2.5 define the term volcano and locate on a map area of volcanic activity in Solomon Islands
7.6.2.6 draw and label a diagram of a volcano and identify the main features
7.6.2.7 describe the formation, causes and the effects of volcanoes on environment and people
7.6.2.8 discuss the ways in which the risks of volcanoes to human life may be avoided
7.6.2.9 examine a case study of a volcanic eruption
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