Which of the following is probably not important in assessing an area's potential for slope failure?
A) Comparing the geologic setting to adjacent areas that have or have not failed
B) Whether the material is loose sediment or solid bedrock
C) Recent changes in slope
D) The orientation of layering and fractures
E) All of these are important.
E) All of these are important.
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A. of the repulsions they would experience with electrons in the same shell. B. its nuclear charge is not great enough. C. there is no more room available in its outermost occupied shell. D. that would result in a positive ion.
Which process forms a'a lava formations?
A) Very thick lava squeezes out in large mounds. B) Thin lava runs quickly over a large area. C) Lava stops flowing while it is still hot and forms ropes. D) Lava continues flowing after a crust forms.
Systems that continually adjust slightly one way or another, within a range of tolerance, as they react to variations in inputs are at ____
a. output b. feedback c. dynamic equilibrium d. threshold e. overshoot
The Saffir-Simpson scale ranks wind velocity and central air pressure from
A) storm surges. B) tornadoes. C) hurricanes. D) tropical depressions. E) wave cyclones.