tsunami internal question answers class 8
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Explanation:
1.
What is a Tsunami?
Answer-Tsunamis are giant waves caused by earthquakes or volcanic eruptions under the sea. Out in the depths of the ocean, tsunami waves do not dramatically increase in height. But as the waves travel inland, they build up to higher and higher heights as the depth of the ocean decreases. The speed of tsunami waves depends on ocean depth rather than the distance from the source of the wave. Tsunami waves may travel as fast as jet planes over deep waters, only slowing down when reaching shallow waters. While tsunamis are often referred to as tidal waves, this name is discouraged by oceanographers because tides have little to do with these giant waves.
2.
Why did Ignesious give priority to
taking his television set off the table?
Answer-
When the wife of Ignesious felt an earthquake, she woke Ignesious up. Ignesious thought it just to be a common earthquake and he decided to protect his costly household appliances. He carefully took his television set off its table and put it down on the ground so that it would not fall and break.
3.
When the tremor stopped what did the
family members of Ignesious do?
Answer- When the tremors stopped, they saw the sea rising. In the chaos and confusion, two of his children caught hold of the hands of their mother’s father and mother’s brother, and rushed in the opposite direction. He never saw them again. His wife was also swept away. Only the three other children who came with him were saved.
4.
Who was Sanjeev and how did Sanjeev
sacrifice his life?
Answer- Sanjeev was a policeman, serving in the Katchall Island of the Nicobar group of islands. He somehow managed to save himself, his wife and his baby daughter from the waves. But then he heard cries for help from the wife of John, the guesthouse cook. Sanjeev jumped into the water to rescue her, but they were both swept away.
5.
How was Meghna saved in the Tsunami?
Answer- Thirteen year-old Meghna was swept away along with her parents and seventy-seven other people. She spent two days floating in the sea, holding on to a wooden door. Eleven times she saw relief helicopters overhead, but they did not see her. She was brought to the shore by a wave, and was found walking on the seashore in a daze.
6.
Introduce us with Almas Javed and her
family.
Answer- Almas Javed was ten years old. She was a student of Carmel Convent in Port Blair where her father had a petrol pump. Her mother Rahila’s home was in Nancowry Island. The family had gone there to celebrate Christmas.
7.
When Almas’s father felt the earthquake what did he do?
Answer- When the tremors came early in the morning, the family was sleeping. Almas’s father saw the sea water recede. He understood that the water would come rushing back with great force. He woke everyone up and tried to rush them to a safer place.
8.
How was Almas’s family killed in the
Tsunami?
Ans-
When the earthquake woke Almas’s father , he tried to rush the family members to a safer place. As they ran, Almas’s grandfather was hit on the head by something and he fell down. Almas’s father rushed to help him. Then came the first giant wave that swept both of them away. Almas’s mother and aunts stood clinging to the leaves of a coconut tree, calling out to her. A wave uprooted the tree, and they too were washed away.
9.
How was Almas saved in the Tsunami?
Answer-
When Almas’s other family members were washed away, Almas saw a log of wood
floating. She climbed on to it. Then she fainted. When she woke up, she was in
a hospital in Kamorta. From there she was brought to Port Blair. The little girl does not want to talk
about the incident with anyone. She is still traumatised.