"A Tsunami Unfolds" pp. 18-32

True or False: A firsthand account is based on an author's research of the event and not their personal experience?

• True

• False

What is the center of an earthquake?

• focus

• magnitude

• tectonic plate

• epicenter

What happened on March 10, 2011 in Japan?

• A hurricane occurred.

• An earthquake caused a tsunami.

• A tropical storm occurred.

• Japan flooded.

Select all the ways that the tsunami affected the people of Japan.

• disrupted electric power

• affected access to food

• made transportation easier

• destroyed houses

How are the "Real Life" boxes different from the main text?

• They tell secondhand experiences during the tsunami.

• They tell information about the magnitude of the tsunami.

• They tell the ways to escape from a tsunami.

• They tell firsthand experiences during the tsunami.

Who was Thucydides?

• A geologist who discovered information about the tsunami.

• A doctor who aided people after the tsunami.

• A historian from Ancient Greece.

• A civilian who experienced the tsunami.

True or False: About 18 hours after the earthquake, waves from the tsunami reached the coast of Antarctica, where they cracked the ice shelf.

• True

• False

What does a seismologist do?

• A geologist who studies the earth.

• A weatherman who forecasts the weather.

• A scientist who studies volcanos.

• A scientist who studies earthquakes.

What was the estimated cost of damage of the events of March 11, 2011?

• $2 billion

• $210 billion

• $210 million

• $21 million

Who is Yumi?

• A person who was impacted firsthand from the tsunami.

• A person who knows of someone else impacted from the tsunami.

• A person who passed away during the tsunami.

• A city in Japan.