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Tsunamis are huge waves that carry large amounts of energy across the ocean. They are often caused by underwater earthquakes. One a tsunami forms, the wave can travel hundreds of kilometers before reaching land. Are the water molecules that touch land the same ones that the earthquake initially moved? Why or why not?

Answer 1

Answer:

Some of them yes but some of them no.

Explanation:

When the tsunami moves across other bodies of water it initially gets bigger. When it is moving across the water it is picking up molecules as well as dropping them off. But the farther away the tsunami gets from the water the smaller it gets.

Answer 2

Some of the water on land may be initaited by earthquake or may be not.

What is tsunami?

Tsunami is a natural disaster, which causes the large destroy of natural lands, forests, habitats of many living beings, etc.

As it is mention that tsunami is caused by the earthquake which is occured underwater and as a effect of this, waves of ocean can travel hundreds of miles before touching the land. So, it is not necessary the water molecules which touches the land after this disaster is always that ones which are initiated by the earthquake.

Because during the travelling process may be some water will again drop off in the ocean or some may get evaporate.

Hence, it may be the water initiated by the earthquake or may be not.

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