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Tsunami

The term of “tsunami” comes from the Japanese which means harbour (“tsu”) and
wave (“nami”). A tsunami is a series of waves generated when water in a lake or the sea is
rapidly displaced on a massive scale.

A tsunami can be generated when the sea floor abruptly deforms and vertically
displaces the overlying water. Such large vertical movements of the earth’s crust can occur at
plate boundaries.

Subduction of earthquakes are particularly effective in generating tsunamis, and occur

where denser oceanic plates slip under continental plates.

As the displaced water mass moves under the influence of gravity to regain its
equilibrium, it radiates across the ocean like ripples on a pond.

Tsunami always bring great damage. Most of the damage is caused by the huge mass
of water behind the initial wave front, as the height of the sea keeps rising fast and floods
powerfully into the coastal area.
Questions

1. What kind of the text above?

2. What is the purpose of the text?
3. The term of “tsunami” comes from the Japanese, what the meaning of tsunami?
4. How tsunami hapenned?
5. Can tsunami caused by underwater earthquakes?
6. What happened when the displaced water mass moves under the influence of gravity
to regain its equilibrium?
7. Write a sentence wich relevant with the text above.
8. Is tsunami bring great damage when in hapenned?
9. What is the most damaged caused of?
10. Tsunami always bring great damage . what is the synonim of the underlined word?

Answers
1. Explanation text.
2. To explain about how tsunami happen.
3. It means harbour (“tsu”) and wave (“nami”).
4. It can be generated when water in a lake or the sea is rapidly displaced on a massive
scale.A tsunami can be generated when the sea floor abruptly deforms and vertically
displaces the overlying water.
5. Yes, it can.
6. It radiates across the ocean like ripples on a pond.
7. Tsunami is one of most dangerous disaster, and it can be generated when water in a
lake or the sea is rapidly displaced on a massive scale, or when the sea floor abruptly
deforms and vertically displaces the overlying water.
8. Yes, it is.
9. Caused by the huge mass of water behind the initial wave front, as the height of the
sea keeps rising fast and floods powerfully into the coastal area.
10. Harm