Boxing Day Tsunami Iain Stewart

Which Indonesian Island did the Boxing Day 2004 earthquake happen close to?

• Sumatra

• Sri Lanka

• Iceland

• Australia

How many feet high did the tsunami reach?

• 10 feet

• 60 feet

• 1000 feet

• four feet

How many hours did the wave travel round the world for?

• 44 hours

• 2 hours

• 40 hours

• 4 hours

Which events will create a tsunami?

• Landslides

  Eathquakes

  Volcanoes

• Lunar cycles

  The tide

  Orbiting the sun

What kind of earthquake triggered the Boxing Day tsunami?

• Lahar

• Pyroclastic

• Phreatic

• Megathrust

Which two statements describe a megathrust earthquake?

• Fifity miles long Magnitude over 5

• Hundreds of miles long Magnitude over 9

• Two miles long Magnitude over 1

• A pretty big one

How much did the plate rise during the earthquake?

• 1000 feet

• 40 feet

• 10 feet

• A foot

Which two tectonic plates caused the Boxing Day tsunami?

• The Indian plate and the Burma plate

• The Eurasian plate and the North American plate

Which answer shows the human impact of the Boxing Day tsunami?

• Tsunamis reached 20m in height at landfall in parts of Aceh. In other locations they spread 3 km inland carrying debris and salt water with them.

• An estimated 250,000 deaths. 2000 people in a train died. Holiday resorts, hotels and fishing boats destroyed.

Which answer shows the physical(natural) impacts of the Boxing Day tsunami?

• Coral reefs, mangrove swamps and fertil farmland were destroyed.

• 250,000 people were killed in fourteen countries across two continents, with the last two fatalities being swept out to sea in South Africa, more than twelve hours after the earthquake.