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ESM204
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Snow avalanches are common features of mountainous terrain throughout arctic and ________ regions where snow is deposited on slopes steeper than 20 degrees
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The following CANNOT be used for volcanic forcasting and warning.
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The crater lake or Taal Volcanoe is located in_____.
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Heat emission was one of the first volcanic features to be sensed remotely and has proved a valuable means of ____.
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The most important precausors of volcanic eruptions include the following except
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The following are methods of diverting and controlling lava flows EXCEPT
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Switzerland has a relatively large number of avalanche deaths amounting to some ____ fatalities per year
8 / 50
Which of these is NOT a cause of Landslide?
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The strength of a snow pack is related to its density and _______.
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The ____ countries are notable for avanlanches related to minning disasters
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The landslide disaster that heat Vaiont Dam in the piavely valley, northern Italy on Oct. 1963 is an example of ____
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During an eruption of cotopari in ____ , so much ice and snow was melted that enormous lathers, were released about 160km Long.
13 / 50
Internal cohesion and Internal friction depend on ______
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The world's ______ cars(as at 2000) are among the main culprits contributing to the growing problem of acid rain.
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The strength of landslide materials is the maximum resistance to shear stress and depend on _____
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Studies have shown that several decades age, ____ percent of landslide in southern Carlifornia were related to construction activities.
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In the event of a Volcanic eruptions, the following places except ____ may need offshore evacuation
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Which of these does not lead to a reduction in the shear resistance on a slope?
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Which of these is a type of landslide
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Which is the odd out?
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The following are tropical cities at risk of debris flow Except
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Heat emission was one of the first volcanic features to be sensed remotely and has proved a valuable means of ____
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The first known attempt to divert a lava flow in sicily in ______.
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Snow avalanche problems have risen in recent decades due to the greater use of ____ areas of winter recreation
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Which of these is NOT a method of preventing Lava flow
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Most avalanches start with a gliding motion but then rapidly accelerate on slopes ________ degrees.
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The following can be used for volcanic forcasting and warning
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The following are types of landslide terrain except____
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The worst avalanches disaster in the UsA occured in ______ in the cascade range of washington
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The avalanche problem has always been more severe in Europe than north America because ____ is higher in the former than the latter
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The US forest service closed public access to the Baker Lake Recreation area in _____
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The crater lake or Taal Volcanoe is located in_____
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Which of these is NOT a type of Landslides?
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_______ are downslope movement of fluidities soil and other material acting as viscous mass.
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The following hazard is/are associated with landslide.
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After evacuees have reached the required support services which include____
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The downslope movement of large volume of surface materials under gravitational force is called ____
38 / 50
The following are classes of landslide movement except_____.
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Avalanche frequency is thus related to slope angle with most events occuring on intermediate slope gradient of between ______
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Abnormal seismic activity over a 12month period eventually lead to the evacuation of _____ people from around the Volcanoe in the events at La Soufriere, on the Island of Guadaloupe,Lesser Antilles in 1976.
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Which of these is NOT a cause of landslide?
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Lather slides andDebar Avalanches are associated with eruption of deictic magma which have the following characteristics EXCEPT
43 / 50
Experts have predicted that the Lake Chad may dry up completely by 2010, this will have the following implications EXCEPT ______.
44 / 50
The Following are common features of volcanic related ground failure EXCEPT.
45 / 50
Part of the problems in studying air pollutants is that they are _________.
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Carbondioxide is dangerous because of the following reasons EXCEPT______.
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______ are movement of debris(mainly rocks) transported through the air.
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The landslide disaster which affected the city of Ancona central Italy in 1982 is a good example of _____ Landslide
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The Following are common features of volcanic related ground failure EXCEPT
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When thermal monitoring as magma rises to the surface, It might be expected to produce an increase in _______
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