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Question #1
What is one of the most powerful forces on the planet?
A.   Water
B.   Sand
C.   Greenschist
D.   Air
Question #2
Which country has the oldest records of tsunamis?
A.   Iceland
B.   Portugal
C.   Indonesia
D.   Japan
E.   Norway
Question #3
What city is the tsunami capital of the world?
A.   Hilo
B.   Tokyo
C.   Taipei
D.   Crescent City
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 tsunamis trigger volcanic eruptions
D.   That earthquakes cause tsunamis that can travel across the ocean
Question #5
How much energy was released by the December 2004 earthquake in Indonesia?
A.   The same as the total US energy consumption during a whole day
B.   The same as the total US energy consumption during the entire year
C.   The same as the total US energy consumption during an entire week
D.   The same as the total US energy consumption during the entire month
Question #6
What is the typical length of a tsunami?
A.   10 miles
B.   100 miles
C.   1 mile
D.   Hundreds of miles
Question #7
Can a magnitude 9 earthquake easily generate an earthquake crossing tsunamis?
A.   No
B.   Yes
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.   Volcanic ash
B.   Dredging
C.   Earthquakes
D.   Dynamite
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 salinity change with a tsunami
B.   A shift in ocean chemistry caused by an earthquake
C.   A super-cycle of earthquakes
D.   A frequency in volcanic eruptions
Question #12
How often do the tsunami cycles start in Indonesia?
A.   Every 1000 years
B.   Every 20 years
C.   Every 500 years
D.   Every 200 years
E.   Every 100 years
Question #13
How tall was the wave at Latuya Bay?
A.   Taller than the Washington Monument
B.   Taller than the Empire State Building
C.   Taller than a 10 story building
D.   Taller than any modern building
Question #14
What happened in 1949 on La Palma?
A.   Fire consumed the small island following the volcanic eruption
B.   A major rift opened up along the crest of the volcano
C.   A large slide generated a tsunami
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 erupt without warning
B.   That volcanoes can switch eruption styles
C.   That volcanoes can collapse during an eruption
D.   That volcanoes have lava flows that will stop and change their flow direction by over 90 degrees in under a second
Question #16
How deep is the fissure on La Palma?
A.   6 feet
B.   Hundreds of feet
C.   3 feet
D.   19 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 we can stop a large volcano from erupting
C.   That a volcano can trigger a second volcano to erupt
Question #18
What is an inevitable part of the Earth’s dynamic structure?
A.   Tsunamis
B.   Tornadoes that generate tsunamis
C.   Lightning storms
D.   Asteroid impacts

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