DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL TAPI
LEARNING PARTNERSHIP 2014-15
Learn Your English Skills
Home Work Task Sheet 03
CLASS: VIII A
DATES: 09.06.14 – 21.06.14
Drawing Task: Draw the diagram of an earthquake showing the seismic waves, focus and epicenter.
[Time: 15 min;
MI: Verbal, Logical, Visual
RBT: Knowledge]
Vocabulary Task: Memorise and write the definitions in Notebook 1.
An earthquake (also known as a quake, tremor or temblor) is the result of a sudden release of energy
in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves.
Focus: An earthquake's point of initial rupture is called its focus or hypocenter.
The epicenter is the point at ground level directly above the hypocenter.
A tsunami (plural: tsunamis or tsunami; from Japanese: lit. "harbour wave"; English
pronunciation: /suːˈnɑːmi/soo-NAH-mee or /tsuːˈnɑːmi/ tsoo-NAH-mee) is a series of water waves caused
by the displacement of a large volume of a body of water, generally an ocean or a large
lake. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and other underwater explosions(including detonations of
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underwater nuclear devices), landslides, glacier calving, meteorite impacts and other disturbances above
or below water all have the potential to generate a tsunami.
[Time: 20 min;
MI: Verbal, Logical;
RBT: Evaluation]
Reading and Vocabulary Task: Read aloud the lesson ‘The Tsunami’. Reread and underline the
difficult words you come across. Try to guess the meaning of these words while reading.
[Time: 30 min;
MI: Verbal;
RBT: Understanding]
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