How A

Tsunami
Happens?
Kelompok 8
XI MIPA 4

1.Amanda Devi Nur Anggraini (03)

2.Erdita Handayani (13)
3.Gitta Dhiana Saputri (16)
4.Sa’ad Habib (30)
How A Tsunami Happens?
We all know that tsunamis are a series of destructive waves and powerful.
Tsunami is the deadliest wave because the wave speed is incredibly fast. But do you
know how a tsunami can happens?
Tsunami originated from Japan, “tsu” meaning harbor and “nami” meaning
wave. They are normally caused by landslides, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions in, or
close to an ocean. After some sort of underwater disturbance, this causes energy to
rise up to sea level pushing the water high into the air. Gravity kicks in and pulls it
down again and then consequently causing the water to filter out into many different
directions.
When a tsunami begins to approach the shore the energy in the wave is
compressed. As a result, the water is pushed up into the wave, resulting in a powerful
tsunami. If the trough hits the shoreline first, it then causes the tide to drastically
retreat.
So, tsunamis happen because of natural disasters such as earthquakes or volcanic
eruptions. People who live near the shoreline have to be careful because they are
threatened by tsunamis whenever there is an earthquake.
The social functions or purpose:
To tell how a tsunami happens
General Structure
How A Tsunami Happens?

We all know that tsunamis are a series of destructive waves and powerful. Tsunami is
the deadliest wave because the wave speed is incredibly fast. But do you know how a
tsunami can happens? (General Statement)
Tsunami originated from Japan, “tsu” meaning harbor and “nami” meaning wave. They
are normally caused by landslides, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions in, or close to an ocean.
After some sort of underwater disturbance, this causes energy to rise up to sea level pushing
the water high into the air. Gravity kicks in and pulls it down again and then consequently
causing the water to filter out into many different directions. (A Sequenced Explanation of
The Stage)
When a tsunami begins to approach the shore the energy in the wave is compressed. As
a result, the water is pushed up into the wave, resulting in a powerful tsunami. If the trough
hits the shoreline first, it then causes the tide to drastically retreat. (A Sequenced
Explanation of The Stage)
So, tsunamis happen because of natural disasters such as earthquakes or volcanic
eruptions. People who live near the shoreline have to be careful because they are threatened
by tsunamis whenever there is an earthquake. (Conclusion)
 Language Features

Focus on generic Use of abstract nouns Use of simple present tense

Gravity kicks in and pulls it down again and
That is tsunami Speed then consequently causing the water to filter
out into many different directions.

Use of temporal and causal Use of action verbs to

Use of passive voice
conjunctions explain cause
They are normally caused by
After, because, when, Push, hit
landslides, earthquakes, volcanic
if
eruptions in, or close to an ocean.
Language Features

Use of noun phrases Use of complex Use of technical terms or words

The water, the shoreline, the
sentences chains about a subject
energy When a tsunami begins Gravity, shoreline, tide
to approach the shore,
the energy in the wave is
compressed.
 01
Why tsunami is the
deadliest wave?
Tsunami is the deadliest wave because
the wave speed is incredibly fast.
 What causes a
02 tsunami?
Tsunami caused by landslides,
earthquake,volcanic eruptions in, or
close to an ocean.
What is the result of
compressed wave
energy? 03
The result of compressed wave
energy is the water pushed up into
the wave and resulting in a powerful
tsunami.
 What causes water to
filter out into many
04 different directions?
The causes water to filter out into
many different directions is gravity
kicks in and pulls it down again.
Why people who live
near the shoreline
have to be careful? 05
People who live near the shoreline
have to be careful because they are
threatened by tsunamis whenever
there is an earthquake.
Thank You