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the speed at which something travels
What is velocity?
100
the natural disaster the article tells about
What is a tsunami?
100
the action of the story takes place here
What is Hawaii?
100
the cause of the big wave of water
What is an earthquake?
100
to move away from a dangerous area
What is evacuate?
200
moved back
What is receded?
200
the article tells the experience of this boy
Who is Herbert?
200
the water from this ocean swept up onto the land
What is the Pacific?
200
the water traveled this fast through the ocean
What is 500 MPH?
200
size or importance of something
What is magnitude?
300
covered or spread over something
What is engulfed?
300
tsunamis are always described as sudden and violent crashes of water as tall as 100 feet high (TRUE or FALSE)
What is FALSE?
300
tsunamis ebb and flow (TRUE or FALSE)
What is TRUE?
300
tsunamis are preventable (TRUE or FALSE)
What is FALSE?
300
notices or discovers something
What is detects?
400
the waves that cause vibrations in the earth's crust
What is seismic?
400
the boy and his friends were rescued by this
What is raft that was dropped from an airplane?
400
the boy did this to make it easier to swim
What is took off his clothes?
400
the problem the boy faced in addition to the churning ocean
What is sharks?
400
taking the place of something or someone
What is displacing?
500
the state of being broken or burst
What is rupture?
500
the action of the story takes place on this date
What is April 1, 1946?
500
after the tsunami that slammed the coastline near the Laupahoehoe village, scientists went to work to develop this
What is the Pacific Tsunami Warning System?
500
a tsunami hit here in September 2009
What is Samoa and American Samoa?
500
the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to sea
What is ebb?