Tsunami

Question 1

How are tsunamis measured?

Answer 1

The DART system (detect tsunamis by measuring changes in water pressure)

Question 2

Causes of tsunami (other than seafloor earthquake) include

Answer 2

Submarine landslides, and under water volcanic eruptions

Question 3

Series of long wave-length water waves caused by displacement of large volume of a body of water

Answer 3

Tsunami

Question 4

Most common cause of tsunami - sudden change to seafloor due to..

Answer 4

Seafloor earthquake> richter magnitude 7

Question 5

Mountain slips into sea - landslide that displaces large water volume is a

Answer 5

Submarine landslide

Question 6

Can be generated when thrust faults at plate boundaries move suddenly

Answer 6

Tsunamis

Question 7

A tsunami is a displacement of water caused by _________ transmission

Answer 7

Energy

Question 8

Direction of seafloor movement that displaces water causing tsunami

Answer 8

Vertical

Question 9

The carrier of energy from an earthquake through water

Answer 9

Wave