Statistics for EOSC - Tsunamis

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
height	0.5-1 m	0%
period	10-60 min	0%
steepness	1/200000	0%
planning level in Vancouver	2	0%
wavelength	200000-400000 m	0%
cascadia average EQ time	430 years	0%
destruction from	advance and retreat of water	0%
leave ...	belongings	0%
move ...	boats to ocean	0%
tsunamis and basins	can be worse	0%
	DART Buoy System	0%
	disturbs entire water column	0%
different from wind driven waves	doesn't break	0%
which ...	dump mass into ocean	0%
notice ...	earthquake	0%
from 1	earthquakes	0%
tsunami def	fast changes in lots of water	0%
energy released from vertical earthquake	flows away radially	0%
	height increases	0%
caused by	huge jolt of energy	0%
5	icebergs	0%
	inland	0%
faster	in ocean	0%
3	landslides	0%
which is a burst of ...	localized wave action	0%
4	meteor impacts	0%
	moves as a wave train	0%
is a ...	multiple of resonant period	0%
particle motion is ...	not circular	0%
longer	period	0%
but you need ...	plate moving over or under	0%
	receding water	0%
where are tsunamis?	ring of fire	0%
how to survive	run	0%
tsunami is possible if ...	seafloor breaks	0%
meaning they are what kind of waves?	shallow water	0%
approach shoreline	speed decreases	0%
	tide gauges	0%
	to an upper floor	0%
	to high ground	0%
what do we use to warn us?	tsunami warming center	0%
	up a tree	0%
	vertically	0%
2	volcanic eruptions	0%
	wavelength	0%
if ...	wave period	0%