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Which of these is a type of landslide
2 / 50
______ are movement of debris(mainly rocks) transported through the air.
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Which of these is NOT a cause of landslide?
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Switzerland has a relatively large number of avalanche deaths amounting to some ____ fatalities per year
5 / 50
The Following are common features of volcanic related ground failure EXCEPT
6 / 50
The US forest service closed public access to the Baker Lake Recreation area in _____
7 / 50
Angles below 20 degrees are generally too low for failure to occur and most slopes above ____ degrees rarely accumulate sufficient snow to pose a major hazard
8 / 50
The strength of a snow pack is related to its density and _______.
9 / 50
Snow avalanche problems have risen in recent decades due to the greater use of ____ areas of winter recreation
10 / 50
The following are methods of diverting and controlling lava flows EXCEPT
11 / 50
Most snow loading on slopes occurs slowly. This gives the pack some opportunity to adjust by internal deformation because of its __ nature
12 / 50
The landslide disaster which affected the city of Ancona central Italy in 1982 is a good example of _____ Landslide
13 / 50
The worst volcanic disaster in the world since the eruption of mont. pelee occured as a result of lather following the 1985 eruption of the Nevado del Ruz volcano in ______.
14 / 50
Which of these devices is used to get information on the relative ground displacement?
15 / 50
Studies have shown that several decades age, ____ percent of landslide in southern Carlifornia were related to construction activities.
16 / 50
Snow avalanches are common features of mountainous terrain throughout arctic and ________ regions where snow is deposited on slopes steeper than 20 degrees
17 / 50
The landslide disaster that heat Vaiont Dam in the piavely valley, northern Italy on Oct. 1963 is an example of ____
18 / 50
The following are types of landslide terrain except____
19 / 50
Heat emission was one of the first volcanic features to be sensed remotely and has proved a valuable means of ____
20 / 50
Experts have predicted that the Lake Chad may dry up completely by 2010, this will have the following implications EXCEPT ______.
21 / 50
Most avalanches start with a gliding motion but then rapidly accelerate on slopes ________ degrees.
22 / 50
The following CANNOT be used for volcanic forcasting and warning.
23 / 50
The following can be used for volcanic forcasting and warning
24 / 50
Which is the odd out?
25 / 50
Acid rain can be controlled by the following EXCEPT ____
26 / 50
Avalanches deals with the movement of ______
27 / 50
Heat emission was one of the first volcanic features to be sensed remotely and has proved a valuable means of ____.
28 / 50
Which of these does not lead to a reduction in the shear resistance on a slope?
29 / 50
The strength of landslide materials is the maximum resistance to shear stress and depend on _____
30 / 50
The following are tropical cities at risk of debris flow Except
31 / 50
When thermal monitoring as magma rises to the surface, It might be expected to produce an increase in _______
32 / 50
The avalanche problem has always been more severe in Europe than north America because ____ is higher in the former than the latter
33 / 50
Landslide deals with the movement of ______
34 / 50
The ____ countries are notable for avanlanches related to minning disasters
35 / 50
The first known attempt to divert a lava flow in sicily in ______.
36 / 50
Part of the problems in studying air pollutants is that they are _________.
37 / 50
The world's ______ cars(as at 2000) are among the main culprits contributing to the growing problem of acid rain.
38 / 50
Internal cohesion and Internal friction depend on ______
39 / 50
During an eruption of cotopari in ____ , so much ice and snow was melted that enormous lathers, were released about 160km Long.
40 / 50
The downslope movement of large volume of surface materials under gravitational force is called ____
41 / 50
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.
42 / 50
Lather slides andDebar Avalanches are associated with eruption of deictic magma which have the following characteristics EXCEPT
43 / 50
The crater lake or Taal Volcanoe is located in_____.
44 / 50
The following are classes of landslide movement except_____.
45 / 50
_______ slides are sometimes known as block glides and debris slide
46 / 50
In the event of a Volcanic eruptions, the following places except ____ may need offshore evacuation
47 / 50
Which of these is NOT a type of Landslides?
48 / 50
The Following are common features of volcanic related ground failure EXCEPT.
49 / 50
Which of these is NOT a cause of Landslide?
50 / 50
The most important precausors of volcanic eruptions include the following except
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