Answer the following questions: Briefly describe how tsunami are generated and i

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Briefly describe how tsunami are generated and include a description of characteristics such as wavelength and wave speed.

Briefly describe why the Sun's influence on Earth's tides is only 46% that of the Moon, even though the Sun is much more massive that the Moon.

Distinguish between spring tides and neap tides.

Why do algal blooms frequently occur during spring in temperate oceans? ANSWER: Here’s another case where a diagram with brief explanations is useful.

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A tsunami is a is a series of waves when a body of water, such as an ocean is rapidly displaced on a massive scale. Earthquakes, mass movements above or below water, volcanic eruptions and other underwater explosions, and large meteorite impacts all have the potential to generate a tsunami. it  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 earthquakes are particularly effective in generating tsunamis. As an Oceanic Plate is subducted beneath a Continental Plate, it sometimes brings down the lip of the Continental with it. Eventually, too much stress is put on the lip and it snaps back, sending shockwaves through the Earth’s crust, causing a tremor under the sea, known as an Undersea Earthquake.

Earthquakes release a lot of energy and all that energy is carrying the water. It all depends on the wave energy and it's distribution. The higher the energy, the higher the velocity. The smaller the distribution , the higher the velocity

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