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Mass Wasting and Subsidence

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following are types of flows?

Select all that apply:

a)

Debris Flows

b)

Debris Avalanche

c)

Creep

d)

Debris Falls

2.

Which of the following is NOT a type of slide?

a)

Translational Slide

b)

Block Glides

c)

Slumps

d)

Rotational Slides

e)

Creep

3.

Which of the following are true about Slumps

Select all that apply?

a)

it is known as a rotational slide

b)

moves on a center of rotation

c)

moves as a unit

d)

slides along a failure plane

4.

True or False:


The ideal factor of saftey is that of 1.0 or less

a)

True

b)

False

5.

The initial period of rain that saturates the ground prior to a debris flow is called

a)

Antecedent Rainfall

b)

Rainshadow

c)

Subsequent Rainfall

d)

Rainflow

6.

Rainfall that initiates the inertia for debris flow

a)

Subsequent Rainfall

b)

Antecedent Rainfall

c)

Rainshadow

d)

Tumu Rainfall

7.

Out of these which are fast modes of mass wasting?

select all that apply.

a)

block glides

b)

avalanche

c)

creep

d)

rock fall

8.

The force that resists sliding between two surfaces at rest is known as what?

a)

Static Friction

b)

Resisting force

c)

Driving Force

d)

Normal Force

9.

Resisting Force is when


Select all that apply

a)

friction x normal force

b)

the force direction is opposite to that of the moving body

c)

the force direction is perpendicular to that of the moving body

d)

the principal that all object in motion will stay in motion

10.

When it comes to the factor of safety which of the following value is the most ideal?

a)

1.5

b)

1.0

c)

-1.5

d)

-1.0

11.

To which are the ways that humans can induce subsidence?

a)

extraction of oil

b)

extraction of gas

c)

extraction of water

d)

magma redistribution

12.

To which of these are the ways subsidence can occur naturally?

Select all that apply

a)

earthquakes

b)

volcanic activity

c)

dissolution

d)

drought

13.

What even is subsidence?

a)

when the applied load of a structure is greater than the bearing capacity of the soil beneath it

b)

when soil is relocated from one river bed to another

c)

movement along a fault plane

d)

the act of prolonged interlatitudinal flooding

14.

To which of the following IS NOT a means of subsidence mitigation?

a)

replacement of removed fluids

b)

water level moderation

c)

providing mine structural support and backfill

d)

initiating local liquefaction