Learning Exercise
tsimple tsunami
a simple explanation of the formation and speed of a tsunami
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- tsimple tsunami
- Date last modified:
- June 30, 2005
- Created by:
- Frank Scharf
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Exercise
Give the students the speed and wavelength of a tsunami and have them calculate
the length of time it would take for it to travel in and back out to the waters
edge. Have them calculate the maximum height, and what they would have to do to
escape death.
the length of time it would take for it to travel in and back out to the waters
edge. Have them calculate the maximum height, and what they would have to do to
escape death.