Earthquakes, landslides, volcano eruption, or landslide
What are causes of a tsunami?
100
"an unusually large sea wave produced by a seaquake or undersea volcanic eruption."
definition of tsunami
100
Where does most tsunami destruction take place?
what is places closer to the shore.?
100
places where do tsunamis occur most
what is near the pacific ocean or the Ring of Fire
100
80% is the percentage of tsunamis where?
What is the percentage of tsunamis in the Ring of Fire?
200
where/why do most tsunamis originate
earthquakes
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
the safest place to be during a tsunami
What is up high?
200
This is where the most recent major tsunami occurred.
what is Japan?
200
What type of waves are tides?
what are shallow water waves? also forced waves
300
what type of wave a tsunami behaves as
what is shallow water?
300
" A ________ 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/Indonesian tsunami
300
What can the speed if a tsunami be compared to?
What is a Jet Plane
400
translation of tsunami in Japanese
what is "harbor" "wave"
400
" an ___________ 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
This is the worst place to be during a tsunami
What is being right on the shore or on a boat during a tsunami
400
Why does Hawaii have a lot of tsunamis?
because they have volcanoes and they are in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
400
A Tsunami is a series of these?
What are waves?
500
How often to 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
this is the speed of a tsunami
what is 442 mph ?
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"