Tsunami!

What usually creates a tsunami?

• powerful winds

• an underwater earthquake

• a large group of fish swimming together

• a wave machine

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as a tsunami wave comes towards land what happens?

• the wave increases speed and becomes smaller

• the earth starts shaking

• the wave slows down and becomes larger

• people don't see it

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Some wave can reach up to _____ feet high.

• 7 feet

• 21 feet

• 70 feet

• 7,000 feet

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When a tsunami hits land, what can happen?

• people can surf the wave

• homes and neighborhoods can be destroyed

• people can get in their boats

• homes usually can survive the wave

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Where did the tsunami on December 26, 2004 start?

• in the Indian Ocean

• in the Pacific Ocean

• in the Atlantic Ocean

• in the Arctic Ocean

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The tsunami on December 26, 2004 caused damage in how many countries?

• 1 country

• 15 countries

• 10 countries

• 200,000 countries

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what is the point of having a tsunami warning system?

• to warn people and save lives

• so that surfers can get their boards and surf the tsunami

• to warn people so they can go watch it

• because scientists like to play with equipment

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A tsunami warning system has two main parts of equipment. What are they?

• Satellites & Buoys

• Satellites & Waves

• Waves & Ocean

• Land & Ocean

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True or False?

Tsunamis are NOT dangerous.

• True

• False

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True or False?

A tsunami can be one huge ocean wave or a series of waves?

• True

• False

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