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2.The word tsunami is from a ______
word which means “harbor wave”
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3.Most tsunamis occur in the _______ ocean.
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4.The top of a wave is called the
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5.The bottom of a wave is called the
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TIDES - the alternate rising and falling of the sea, usually twice in each lunar day at a particular place,
due to the attraction of the moon and sun.
STORMS - a violent disturbance of the atmosphere with strong winds and usually rain, thunder,
lightning, or snow
EARTHQUAKE - a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as
a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action
ATLANTIC OCEAN- body of salt water covering approximately one-fifth of Earth's surface and
separating the continents of Europe and Africa to the east from those of North and South America to the
west.
INDIAN OCEAN- an ocean bordered by Africa in the west, Asia in the north, and Australia in the east
and merging with the Antarctic Ocean in the south.
PACIFIC OCEAN- the largest and deepest of Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean
in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south and is bounded
by the continents of Asia and Australia in the west and the Americas in the east.
MEDIAN- denoting or relating to a value or quantity lying at the midpoint of a frequency distribution of
observed values or quantities, such that there is an equal probability of falling above or below it.
TROUGH- is the opposite of a crest, so the minimum or lowest point in a cycle.
CREST- is the point on a wave with the maximum value of upward displacement within a cycle. A crest is
a point on a surface wave where the displacement of the medium is at a maximum.
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