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By Parker . Tsunamis. Tsunamis come last!. Tsunamis come last because tsunamis do not start by ingredients like tornados. All it takes is a landslide to start it or it takes earthquakes. This or this to this.
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By Parker Tsunamis
Tsunamis come last! Tsunamis come last because tsunamis do not start by ingredients like tornados. All it takes is a landslide to start it or it takes earthquakes. This or this to this
Where do tsunamis happen? This is a map of where tsunamis usually happen. The red is where the tsunamis are mega tsunamis. Orange is where tsunamis will have a lot damage and kill most of the people. And where its yellow is where it kills not very many people and does a little damage. Where tsunamis are the worst is in Chile and Japan and every where in Australia. Australia is like a death trap where tsunamis occur everywhere
How often do tsunamis hit? Tsunamis happen when a landslide falls into the water witch causes a big wave and earthquakes can make the sea shake witch also causes tsunamis so it depends how many times earthquakes or landslides occur by the water
What are the most extreme conditions from a tsunami? 1 The first is little damage 2 the second is minor damage and kills a little bit of people 3 is where lots of people missing and a lot of damage 4 is a mega tsunami where you cant See the ground
How do they measure tsunamis? They measure it by how large the wave is and how thick it is and there is a scale that measures how big the waves are. Large Small
Site’s and books that helped me? EBSCO (site) FEMA (site) World Book (book) Tsunamis, by Steven Ward Tsunamis (book) by Luke Thompson Wikipedia (site)
Citations http://landslides.usgs.gov/ http://earthquake.usgs.gov/ http://www.tsunami-alarm-system.com/en/faq/faqs.html http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/03/pictures/110311-tsunami-earthquake-japan-hawaii-science-world-waves/ http://news.discovery.com/earth/wide-angle-japan-tsunami-110311.html "Tsunami." Earth Sciences for Students. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2010.Gale Science In Context. Web. 8 Feb. 2012.