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How does energy transfer to make a tsunami more powerful

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A huge amount of kinetic energy from Earth's movement transfers to the water, forming a tsunami

Step-by-step explanation:

Energy is transferred in waves through the vibration of particles, but the particles themselves move in a perpendicular fashion to the horizontal movement of the wave. Energy is transformed between potential (stored) and kinetic (movement) energy as the particles go from rest to movement and back to rest.

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