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I have borrowed three books which have all the information I need. I have made a practice model of my real model and this weekend I am starting to construct it

What is a tsuami?

This is my basic anwser for what is a tsunami. I will add on to it.

A tsunami is a series of waves or a wave train created when a body of water, an ocean or sea, is rapidly displaced on a massive scale. The disturbance vertically displaces the water column. Earthquakes, landslides, volcanic eruptions, explosions and meteorites can generate tsunamis.

A tsunami has a very small wave height offshore and a very long wavelength that can stretch for hundreds of kilometres. But when the tsunami comes to shore it can get quite large vertically. Tsunamis can go unnoticed by boats at sea because a tsunami passing through feels like going over a hump. Boats do not recognize it because a tsunami is not tall at the sea but is very long and wide.

These giant waves can travel for thousands of miles across the sea and still create a lethal energy that destroys people, wildlife, landscapes and even powerful enough to destroy buildings.

A tsunami is like when you throw a stone into a pond. Little ripples spread away from where the stone hit. A tsunami is like this because large waves spread from where the occurrence happened but the tsunamis are much, much larger.

Websites for research

Here are some websites for my research:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsunami which has general information on tsunamis
http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/visualization/collections/tsunami.html which has some visual information on tsunamis
http://www.bom.gov.au/info/tsunami/tsunami_info.shtml which has general information on tsunamis
http://www.ga.gov.au/urban/factsheets/tsunami.jsp which has the definition of what a tsunami is
http://www.ess.washington.edu/tsunami/general/physics/physics.html which has general information on tsunamis
http://www.ess.washington.edu/tsunami/general/historic/historic.html which has some informatioon on famous tsunamis
http://www.ess.washington.edu/tsunami/general/warning/warning.html which has information on the tsunami warning system
http://www.ess.washington.edu/tsunami/general/mitigation/mitigation.html which has some facts on tsunamis
http://observe.arc.nasa.gov/nasa/exhibits/tsunami/tsun_physics.html which has general information on tsunamis
http://fohn.net/biggest-tsunami/ which has information on famous tsunamis
http://nctr.pmel.noaa.gov/index.html which is a tsunami research site
http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/c1187/ which tells you how to survive a tsunami

WASP Topic

For my topic for my WASP I have chosen Tsunamis. My main question is what causes tsunamis? For my model I want to make a miniture tsunami. I will make a beach and get a wave to hit it.
My other questions will be:
What does the word tsunami mean?
How big are tsunamis?
How fast can they travel?
How powerful are they?
How far can they travel?
What's the difference between a tsunami and a title wave?
What are the signs of an approaching tsunami?
Are there areas in the world have the most tsunamis?
If so why is this?
What happens when a tsunami meets the shore?
Can tsunamis be prevented?
What are the safetey procedures when a tsunami hits?
What warnings are given out when a tsunami is coming?
What has been the biggest tsunami recorded and where and when did it hit?
What is the aftermath of an tsunami?
What affect does it have on the enviroment?

I have created my blog

I have created my blog for my WASP project. Hooray!