Which of the following is a way that slopes fail?
A) Large blocks fall from cliffs
B) Rocks, soil, sediment, and ice slides down steep hillsides
C) Pieces of loose rock accumulate on talus slopes until the angle becomes too steep
D) Soil and other loose material can flow rapidly down slopes, forming debris flows
E) All of these are correct.
E) All of these are correct.
You might also like to view...
All of the following is true regarding the earth's radiation balance except
A) the sun heats the earth's surface more than it does the atmosphere. B) sensible heat flux is the predominant process for the loss of outgoing longwave radiation. C) almost half the energy received by the earth's surface is returned to the atmosphere through latent heat flux. D) sensible and latent heat flux together carry most of the energy stored at the surface into the atmosphere.
The best explanation for the cause of atmospheric pressure is:
A) air temperature. B) weight of the air above. C) wind force. D) air density. E) air compression.
-273°C (-459.4°F) is
A) the same as 273 Kelvin. B) an average boiling temperature. C) 0° absolute temperature. D) not possible on any scale.
Which of the following would you not expect to be accomplished using geopositioning technology?
A) Ocean floor mapping B) Earthquake prediction C) Natural disaster damage assessment D) Volcano monitoring E) Counting a city's population