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QUIZ 4 Disaster Readiness and Risk Reduction

This document contains a quiz about tsunamis with multiple choice and true/false questions. It tests knowledge about what causes tsunamis, where they most frequently occur, how fast they can travel, historical tsunamis, tsunami warning signs, and preparedness. The questions cover topics like underwater earthquakes triggering tsunamis, how Japanese translates to "harbor wave", tsunami simulation machines, and evacuating to high ground if a tsunami is detected.

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QUIZ 4 Disaster Readiness and Risk Reduction

This document contains a quiz about tsunamis with multiple choice and true/false questions. It tests knowledge about what causes tsunamis, where they most frequently occur, how fast they can travel, historical tsunamis, tsunami warning signs, and preparedness. The questions cover topics like underwater earthquakes triggering tsunamis, how Japanese translates to "harbor wave", tsunami simulation machines, and evacuating to high ground if a tsunami is detected.

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Disaster Readiness and Risk

Reduction
Rain Gamboa Grade 12 - GAS

Quiz 4
Write the word/s of the correct answer.
1. What can cause a tsunami?
●Landslide ●Underwater earthquake
●Volcanic eruption ●All of the above
3. What does the word "tsunami" mean in Japanese?
●Tidal wave ●Harbor wave
●Killer wave ●Century wave
4. Witnesses have said that an approaching tsunami sounds like what?
●Firecrackers exploding ●A freight train
●Ice cracking ●Nothing—there is absolute silence
5. What is the most active tsunami area?
●Pacific Ocean ●Caribbean Sea
●Indian Ocean ●North Atlantic Ocean
6. What is the deadliest tsunami ever recorded?
●The 1782 South China Sea tsunami ●The 1868 northern Chile tsunami
●The 1883 South Java Sea tsunami ●The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami
7. How fast can a tsunami travel?
●Up to 100 miles an hour (160 kilometers an hour)
●Up to 200 miles an hour (320 kilometers an hour)
●Up to 500 miles an hour (800 kilometers an
hour ●Up to 1,000 miles an hour (1,600
kilometers an hour)
89. Where was the largest tsunami in history recorded?
●India ●Philippines
●Chile ●Japan
9. What is frequently a warning sign of an impending tsunami?
●Winds suddenly change direction ●The sky suddenly clears
●Seawater suddenly retreats from the shore ●All of the above

10. What is a tsunami?


●A large storm with very high speed winds
●A tropical cyclone that occurs in the Pacific Ocean
●A large and powerful ocean wave
●A type of tornado
●Any earthquake that causes significant damage
11.What natural event can cause a tsunami?
●Earthquake ●Volcanic eruption
●Landslide ●A glacier breaking off into the ocean
●All of the above
12. How far can a tsunami travel?
●Less than 1 mile ●10 miles
●100 miles ●500 miles
●Over 1000 miles
13. Where do most of the Tsunamis in the world occur?
●Great Lakes ●Atlantic Ocean
●Pacific Ocean ●Arctic Ocean
●Southern Ocean
14. Tsunamis are caused by ___________.
●The rotation of the Earth ●The gravitational pull of the Moon

●A large displacement of water ● All of the above


● Wind traveling over the surface of the ocean
15. Most tsunamis are caused by what natural event?
●Earthquake ●Volcanic eruption
●Landslide ●A glacier breaking off into the ocean

●Hurricane
16. What do we call a series of waves generated by a tsunami?
●Tides ●Wave train
●Wave town ●Wave farm
●Sets
17. Tsunamis are caused by ___________.
●The rotation of the Earth
●The gravitational pull of the Moon
●A large displacement of water
●Wind traveling over the surface of the ocean
●All of the above Tsunamis move very slow, typically around 10 miles per hour.
18. An __________ on the ocean floor causes a tsunami.
●tidal wave ●earthquake
●aftershock ●under quake
18. Most tsunamis occur here.
●Atlantic Ocean ●Indian
Ocean ●Arctic Ocean ●Pacific
Ocean
20. This is another cause of tsunamis.
●Landslides ●Cannonballs
●Geysers ●Hurricanes

21. A tsunami is a ____________.


●tidal wave ●sound wave
●seismic sea wave ●gamma ray
22. Tsunami is a Japanese word meaning ___________.
●harbor wave ●ocean wave
●water wave ●river wave
23. In the video we watched, what did scientists create to study "seismic sea waves"?
●earthquake simulator ●volcano simulator
●landslide simulator ●tsunami simulator
24. All of the following are ways in which scientists try to predict tsunamis EXCEPT:
●Satellites that gather seismic data
●Sensors that detect sea level change
●sensors that record change in water pressure
●Sensor that detect change in air pressure
25. A seismic sea wave is also known as a:
●tidal wave ●tsunami
●mega wave ●super mega wave
26. This was created in 1946 for people living on or near the Pacific Ocean.
●Hurricane Warning System ●Volcano Warning System
●Earthquake Warning System ●Tsunami Warning System

Write TRUE if the statement is correct and write FALSE if the statement is wrong.
1. FALSE - All undersea earthquakes trigger a tsunami.
2. TRUE - You can detect a tsunami in the open ocean.
3. TRUE - Volcanic eruptions can also cause tsunamis.
4. FALSE - Tsunamis do NOT cause destruction where they begin as well as along their paths.
5. TRUE - The raising and lowering of the sea floor is what causes a tsunami.
5. FALSE - I should go to the shore to watch a tsunami.
6. TRUE - Tsunamis can occur in any major body of water.
8. FALSE - All undersea earthquakes cause tsunami.
9. FALSE - If I felt a strong earthquake while near the coast, I should wait to hear the rumbling sound
before moving to high ground
10. TRUE - If a small tsunami is coming, I should get out of the water and wait until I hear it is safe to
return.
11. TRUE - Is a big tsunami is coming, I should move as far inland as I can or to higher ground.
12. TRUE - If I am swimming when a small tsunami comes, I could get dragged out to sea by the strong
rips and currents.
13. TRUE - A tsunami is most often caused by undersea earthquakes.

Answer the questions


1. What are the areas (in their city, municipality or province) that can possibly be affected by tsunami ?
- coastal  regions

2. If my home is near the coast, will I be affected by Tsunami? (depends if their area is fronting a
known offshore/ under the sea earthquake generator)
-Yes

3. How do I prepare for tsunami? (How far is your home/ school from the coast? To elevated area?)
-Always listen to the news, and know where is the nearest evacuation site in your place, and
always have an emergency kit.

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