"an unusually large sea wave produced by a seaquake or undersea volcanic eruption."
definition of tsunami
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places closer to the shore.
what is where most destruction occur
100
places near the pacific ocean or the Ring of Fire
what is where do tsunamis occur most
100
80% is the percentage of tsunamis where?
What is the percentage of tsunamis in the Ring of Fire?
200
landslides
What is the way tsunamis can occur
200
1. Reverse Fault
2. Lateral Fault
3. Footwall Fault
4. Thrust Fault
5. Hanging Fault
6. Normal Fault
"A fault is two tectonic plates rubbing against each other in different ways."
What is 6 types of faults
200
Up high
What is the safest place to be during a tsunami
200
Japan
what is most recent major tsunami
200
3 waves
How many different types if waves are there?
300
volcanic activity
what is one way tsunamis occur
300
" A landslide is the downward falling or sliding of a mass of soil,detritus, or rock on or from a steep slope."
What is the definition of landslide
300
Does a wave become greater or smaller when it comes closer to shore?
greater
300
What tsunami happened in 2004?
What is Indian Ocean tsunami
300
A Jet Plane
What can the speed if a tsunami be compared to?
400
Water gushes out of a hole
how does a tsunami occur under the ocean
400
" an earthquake of vibrations induced in the Earth's crust by the abrupt and rupture and rebound of rocks in which elastic strain has been slowly accumulating."
What is the definition of earthquake
400
What is being right on the shore or on a boat during a tsunami
What is the worst place to be during a tsunami
400
Why does Hawaii have a lot of tsunamis?
because they have volcanoes.
400
Waves
What is a tsunami a series of?
500
approximately 6 major tsunamis happen...
what is every century
500
"a vent in the Earth's crust through which lava, steam, ashes
What is the definition of volcano
500
442 mph is what?
the speed of a tsunami
500
What ocean has had the most tsunamis? Why?
the Pacific Ocean, because it is on a plate that is made of water and, it is also in the "Ring of Fire"