Processes Of The BDT

Question 1

How long was the rupture of the sea floor?

Answer 1

1100km

Question 2

What is Suduction?

Answer 2

Subduction is when the earth is broken into a series of continental plates and two plates meet and one is forced underneath the other causing dramatic movement.

Question 3

Usually how much does the Indo Austilian Plate slip per year?

Answer 3

6cm

Question 4

How much did the Indo Australian Plate slip on the 26th December 2004?

Answer 4

90cm

Question 5

How large was the magnitude of the earthquake caused by the Burma Plate springing up?

Answer 5

9.3

Question 6

The magnitude caused a what in the Indian Ocean?

Answer 6

Displacement of water

Question 7

How high were the waves at sea?

Answer 7

30cm

Question 8

How fast were the waves travelling?

Answer 8

900km per hour

Question 9

A circular motion were created which cause what?

Answer 9

Ocean swells

Question 10

When the waves hit the ocean floor, what was created?

Answer 10

Friction which caused the wave to slow down and shorten.

Question 11

When the waves were slowed down, what increased ?

Answer 11

The energy and height of the wave.