Landslides Mudslides and Rock Falls

What is the best way to prevent landslides and mudslides

• Remove all trees from the ground and hillsides

• Build a fence at the bottom of hillsides

• Put signs warning of falling rocks

• Plant trees and leave ground cover on hillsides

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Which part of the tree is most important to prevent landslides?

• The leaves because they photosynthesize

• The stems and trunks because they hold the leaves

• The roots because they are in the ground

• The flowers because they create fruit and food for the tree

Landslides, mudlsides and rock falls are considered EROSION because? (what is your definition of erosion?)

• They break rocks apart

• They move rocks from one place to another

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Landslides, mudslides and rock falls are caused by what force of nature?

• Electricity

• Thermal Energy

• Magnetism

• Gravity

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Pangea is the term used to describe

• Dr. Edward Pangea who first discovered the continent of Pangea

• The theory of landslides

• The theory of sea floor spreading

• The ancient supercontinent

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Earthquakes are caused by?

• Movement of ocean currents

• Strong winds in the stratosphere

• Movement of the tectonic plates

• Intense radiation from the sun

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The largest landslide in history occurred due to?

• A volcano erupting

• A hurricane

• A snow blizzard

• The meteor that wiped out the dinosaurs

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True or False:

Students that are participating in hybrid learning MUST have the parent emergency and covid information form filled out before being allowed into the building

• TRUE

• FALSE