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Question #1
What is one of the most powerful forces on the planet?
A.   Water
B.   Greenschist
C.   Air
D.   Sand
Question #2
Which country has the oldest records of tsunamis?
A.   Iceland
B.   Japan
C.   Norway
D.   Indonesia
E.   Portugal
Question #3
What city is the tsunami capital of the world?
A.   Tokyo
B.   Crescent City
C.   Taipei
D.   Hilo
Question #4
What did the 1960 Chilean earthquake prove?
A.   That volcanoes cause tsunamis that can travel across the ocean
B.   That tsunamis trigger earthquakes
C.   That earthquakes cause tsunamis that can travel across the ocean
D.   That tsunamis trigger volcanic eruptions
Question #5
How much energy was released by the December 2004 earthquake in Indonesia?
A.   The same as the total US energy consumption during the entire month
B.   The same as the total US energy consumption during an entire week
C.   The same as the total US energy consumption during the entire year
D.   The same as the total US energy consumption during a whole day
Question #6
What is the typical length of a tsunami?
A.   1 mile
B.   10 miles
C.   Hundreds of miles
D.   100 miles
Question #7
Can a magnitude 9 earthquake easily generate an earthquake crossing tsunamis?
A.   Yes
B.   No
Question #8
What is the key to successful tsunami prediction?
A.   Iceberg caving
B.   Jumper studies
C.   Earthquake prediction
D.   Long flow data
Question #9
What killed all the corals above sea level?
A.   Dredging
B.   Volcanic ash
C.   Dynamite
D.   Earthquakes
Question #10
How is the Indian crust like a diving board?
A.   It can bend down a bit if you put weight on it
B.   It is elastic
C.   It is control by motion above
D.   It does not touch the water
Question #11
What do the corals show?
A.   A frequency in volcanic eruptions
B.   A salinity change with a tsunami
C.   A shift in ocean chemistry caused by an earthquake
D.   A super-cycle of earthquakes
Question #12
How often do the tsunami cycles start in Indonesia?
A.   Every 200 years
B.   Every 100 years
C.   Every 20 years
D.   Every 1000 years
E.   Every 500 years
Question #13
How tall was the wave at Latuya Bay?
A.   Taller than a 10 story building
B.   Taller than the Empire State Building
C.   Taller than the Washington Monument
D.   Taller than any modern building
Question #14
What happened in 1949 on La Palma?
A.   A large slide generated a tsunami
B.   A major rift opened up along the crest of the volcano
C.   Fire consumed the small island following the volcanic eruption
D.   The volcanic eruption joined La Palma with the larger San Francisco Island
Question #15
What did Mt St Helens eruption show?
A.   That volcanoes have lava flows that will stop and change their flow direction by over 90 degrees in under a second
B.   That volcanoes can switch eruption styles
C.   That volcanoes can collapse during an eruption
D.   That volcanoes erupt without warning
Question #16
How deep is the fissure on La Palma?
A.   6 feet
B.   3 feet
C.   19 feet
D.   Hundreds of feet
Question #17
What does the north side of the island show?
A.   That giant landslides have occurred in the Canary Islands in the past
B.   That a volcano can trigger a second volcano to erupt
C.   That we can stop a large volcano from erupting
Question #18
What is an inevitable part of the Earth’s dynamic structure?
A.   Lightning storms
B.   Tornadoes that generate tsunamis
C.   Tsunamis
D.   Asteroid impacts

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