Tsunami Worksheet

A thunderstorm leads to a tsunami.

• True

• False

Tsunamis are caused by (a)  

• Wind traveling over the surface of the ocean

• The Earth’s rotation

• Gravitational pull of the moon

• A large displacement of water.

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As tsunami waves travel through shallow water, the wave height (a)  

• Gets higher

• Gets shorter

• Doesn’t change

• None of these

Most tsunamis occur in the (a)   Ocean.

• Atlantic

• Indian

• Pacific

• Arctic

A tsunami is different from a hurricane because:

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Three things that can cause a tsunami, are ​ ​ (a)   , ​ (b)   ​ , (c)   .

• earthquake
• landslide
• volcanic eruption
• tsunami
• jetty
• hurricane

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