Tsunami Quiz

    1. What are storm surges?
       A. hurricanes caused by tsunamis
       B. high tides at night
       C. tunamis caused by storms at sea

    2. What are tsunamis also known as?
        A. storm surges
        B. seismic sea waves
        C. tidal waves

     3. What are seismographs?
        A. earthquakes
        B. instruments used to predict earthquakes
        C. scientists that predict earthquakes

      4. When are storm surges especially destructive?
         A. at high tide
         B. when caused by cyclones
         C. when it rains

      5. How high can the walls of water get?
         A. 6 feet
         B. 60 feet
         C. 100 feet

      6. What year did the Hilo Hawaii Tsunami occur?
         A. 1775
         B. 1900
         C. 1946

       7. What are tsunamis caused by undersea earthquakes called?
          A. seismic sea waves
          B. seaquakes
          C. seismographs

       8. Where in Texas was there a tsunami in 1900?
          A. Austin
          B. Houston
          C. Galveston

       9. What causes a tsunami?
           A. thunderstorms, volcanoes, and earthquakes
           B. volcanoes, tides, and earthquakes
           C. a large storm at sea, volcanoes, and earthquakes

      10. How fast can waves go during a tsunami?
           A. 150 m.p.h
           B. 500 m.p.h
           C. 1000 m.p.h
 
 

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