Which One of the Following Is True Regarding Tsunamis

question 16

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following is true regarding tsunamis?

• A) Their wave heights decrease and wavelengths increase as they move into shallower water.
• B) They are started by fault- induced, horizontal shifts in the sea floor that suddenly propel great masses of water upwards like spreading ripples in all directions.
• C) They occur in the open ocean like fast surface waves travelling at hundreds of kilometres per hour, wavelengths are hundreds of kilometres, and wave heights < a metre.
• D) They travel as deep- water waves at speeds greater than the speed of sound in water so they hit the coast followed by a massive rumble like a sonic boom.

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