Debris slides are common on slopes underlain by:
a. alluvium
b. fractured bedrock
c. colluvium
d. sand
c
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Debris flows typically:
a. leave levees. b. occur so slowly that motion cannot be witnessed by observers. c. involve little water. d. move along a curved plane of slippage. e. occur by free fall through air.
Look at the "S" shapes in the middle-lower half of the photo below. Which of the following is a true statement based on what we know about streams? (Select all that apply.)
©imageBROKER / Alamy Stock PhotoA) Erosion is higher at outside of bendsB) Sediment is probably fine sand and siltC) Stream is flowing from bottom to topD) Erosion is lower at outside of bendsE) Stream is flowing from top to bottomF) Sediment is probably gravel
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