Tsunami Test

What can cause a tsunami?

• earthquake
• underwater volcanoes
• landslides
• all of these

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

All of the following are factors that affect tsunami intensity except

• Magnitude of earthquake causing tsunami

• Distance from earthquake to land

• Shape of coast line

• Time of day when earthquake occurs

What type of coast line would produced the worst tsunami?

• A shallow coastline, with nothing to dissipate energy

• A deep coastline, with a bay inlet

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Coastal Vegetation, such as beach forest, can help slow tsunami waves.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

How does the image relate to tsunamis? (may be more than one)

• It measures the wave height

• It is part of the tsunami warning system

• It is a seismograph

• It is a life raft

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Most fatalities associated with tsunamis occur from

• drowning

• impact with large pieces of debris

• gas leaks and explosions

• lightening strikes

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

In a tsunami warning system, what is represented by #2?

• The earthquake

• A seismograph that detects the earthquake

• A mooring/buoy that transfers the earthquake data to shore

• A satellite used for communication

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What do you do if a tsunami is coming?

• Grab your surfboard and get ready, dude!

• Get to higher ground.

• Go to the beach to watch it!

• Nothing. Accept your fate.

Tsunamis can be

• as high as 100 feet.

• as high as 2 feet.

• as high as 1,000 feet.

• as high as 10,000 feet.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A tsunami's energy source is formed

• from under water

• from above water

• distant areas from where they began

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2