Grade 6 - Science - Geology: Tsunamis

Tsunamis are huge waves that move very quickly and cause great destruction. Readers will learn how people predict and prepare for tsunamis and how they survive after one of these giant waves hits.

Discover what earthquakes are and how they are caused.

Earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis. Headline-making natural disasters with devastating consequences for millions of people. But what do we actually know about these literally earth-shaking events?

The Fukushima nuclear power plant was seriously damaged by a tsunami in 2011. Today, environmental problems continue, showing just how far-reaching damage from the massive waves of a tsunami can be.

Japan. March 11, 2011. 2:46 P.M. The biggest earthquake in Japan's history--and one of the world's five most powerful since 1900--devastated the Tohoku region, 320 kilometers (200 miles) northeast of Tokyo. It triggered a huge tsunami that left crippling damage in its wake. More than 13,000 people drowned, and thousands of buildings and homes were reduced to rubble.

Tsunamis are unstoppable forces of nature. In this title, readers will learn why tsunamis occur, how the Tsunami Warning System works, and how to survive a tsunami.

Essential Events explores historic happenings around the globe and how those events have sculpted societies, the sciences, and politics.

Essential Events explores historic happenings around the globe and how those events have sculpted societies, the sciences, and politics.