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Mass Wasting

Authored by Todd Rose

Science

9th - 12th Grade

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Mass Wasting
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the trigger of the 1999 Venezuelan landslide?

An Earthquake

A volcanic eruption

Heavy rain

Road construction

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The movement that occurs during mass wasting is caused by what force? 

Wind
Gravity 
Ice 
Water 

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The mass wasting event in Venezuela was classified as a

Rock Fall

Debris Flow

Solifluction

Earth Flow

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How many people were killed from the Venezuelan disaster?

Zero

57

234

19,000

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Slope failures occur when the force of gravity overcomes

friction

normal force

the mass of soil

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The steepest angle at which a slope can be to remain stable is called the

angle maximum

superposition

angle of repose

minimum grade

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which type of material would have the lowest angle of repose?

soil

talus

sand

till

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