A long high sea wave caused by an earthquake or other disturbance
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How many people are still missing?
About 3,000
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What is a possible cause of a tsunami?
underwater earthquake
or
huge disturbance in the water
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How far apart can each series of waves be
Can be up to an hour apart
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What does submerge mean?
put under water
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March 11, 2011
What is the date the tsunami occured
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What does the underwater earthquake form in the water?
massive waves that go at fast paces
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how long can the waves be?
As long as 60 miles
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cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly (what word means this)
What is the definition of devastate?
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How tall was the main wave?
23ft tall
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What is the most part a tsunami?
One mainly huge wave with series of other large waves
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What happens when the waves hit the shore?
THey slow down rapidly
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an unusual (and often destructive) rise of water along the seashore caused by a storm or a combination of wind and high tide (what word means this)
What does tidal wave mean?
400
About how many people killed?
over 23,000 people
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What happens when the tsunami reaches the shore?
The wave slows down losing power, most of the time making a big wall of water causing more devastation
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What did humans learn from this tsunami?
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That you can never predict a natural disaster
You can't stop these monsters from happening, you just have to try to prevent them from causing so much damage
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any state or process known through the senses rather than intuition or reasoning (what word means this)
What does phenomenon mean?
500
What is the percent of how many people killed by drowning?
92.5%
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If the earth starts to shake violently in an earthquake - head for higher ground immediately (Which tip is this?)