Vocabulary
Facts
The Tsunami Quilt
100
Tidal Wave or Wave trains
What are other names for tsunamis?
100
earthquakes, an undersea landslide, an undersea volcanic eruption
What is the cause of tsunamis?
100
Laupahoehoe, Hawaii
Where is the setting?
200
series of waves that come from the ocean
What are tsunamis ?
200
debris, things that are the broken, objects that people have lost
What are things that people have to clean-up after the tsunami.
200
Grandfather wanted to honor the kids and teachers who died that day at the tsunami?
Why did grandfather go to Laupahoehoe Point?
300
the overflowing of large amounts of water onto land
What are floods?
300
a big pool of dirt, water, and trash
What is a tsunami when it "attacks"?
300
friend and foe
What is the ocean?
400
scattered fragments usually from something that was destroyed.
What is depris?
400
months or years
What is the amount of time that it takes for the cities to recover from tsunamis?
400
schools, and cottages
What was by the ocean shore before the tsunami?
500
a sudden and violent movement in the earth, caused by the movement of tectonic plates.
What is an earthquake?
500
1720 feet tall tsunami at Lituya Bay, Alaska
What is the tallest tsunami?
500
grandson
Who is the protagonist?
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