Lesson 1 - 3 - 6.5 Natural Hazards

A tsusami is

• a large wave

• a surge of water that results from the movement of the ocean floor

• all of the above

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Tsunamis cause damage to communities through major flooding of high-lying areas, impacting homes and property and making it hard for people to live there.

• True

• False

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Earthquakes that occur along specific plate boundaries often cause the ocean floor to shift, triggering tsunamis.

• True

• False

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The energy of a tsunami can be described in terms of wave speed and wave height.

• True

• False

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Many tsunami-specific engineering solutions involve increasing the energy of the wave.

• True

• False

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Tsunamis form as a result of

• earthquakes

• volcanic eruptions

• landslides

• all of the above.

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All earthquakes lead to tsunamis;

• True

• False

Stronger, shallow earthquakes tend to be related to tsunami formation

• True

• False

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Almost all tsunamis occur along plate boundaries where the plates are colliding.

• True

• False

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What patterns did you notice about where tsunamis occurred?

• Near Pacific Ocean

• Near Atlantic Ocean

• Near Indian Ocean

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