Easter revision session task:What a Good Job Looks Like – Answering the longer 8 Mark Questions

Question: “Use a case study to describe the responses to a tsunami” (8 marks).

Candidate A

‘The famous Boxing Day tsunami was formed due to the sea floor pushing up the Indian Ocean into a column of water. This then created a wave which swept inland towards the low lying coasts of many countries. Thousands of people were swept inland by the wave and this created lots of devastation. People tried to run inland to higher ground and also tried to gather in groups so they could help each other out. There was no real response as the people did not know it was coming. Later on, there were advertisements on British TV to ask for donations of money to help the victims’.

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Candidate B

‘The Indian Ocean Boxing Day tsunami in 2004, caught thousands of people living along the low lying coastal zones of SE Asia and Africa unaware . Holidaymakers were on beaches in Phuket, Thailand and fled as the wave approached. They tried to get to higher storeys in hotels, out of the way of the wave. In Banda Aceh, the first area to be hit, hospitals couldn’t cope and people were left untreated in corridors. After, there were many bodies that had to be buried quickly so that disease would not spread. Mass graves were dug, as the scale of the disaster was so large; on an international scale. Aid agencies brought in water purification tablets and tents for survivors. The Disasters Emergency Committee spent £40m on rebuilding projects in Sri Lanka and Indonesia, following a major appeal for aid. A new Indian and Pacific Ocean tsunami warning system became operational in 2006, so that warning of future tsunamis can be given. This system was crucial in the reaction time of eastern Japanese coastal settlements during the April 2011 tsunami. The system allowed a 15 minute reaction window which the Japanese authorities used to try to evacuate many of the coastal settlements, such as Sendai’.

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