Question 1

Which of the following remedies are not used to stabilize rock faces along the Sea-to-Sky highway?

Accepted Answer

A)  rock bolts
B)  metal screens (mesh) 
C)  sprayed cement
D)  fluid injectionE) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 2

How do mass wasting processes differ from erosional ones?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mass wasting is always very fast and catastrophic whereas erosion is always slow and gradual.
B)  Erosion usually requires steep slopes whereas mass wasting can happen even on flat terrains.
C)  Mass wasting is a spring and summer phenomenon while erosion is year around.
D)  Mass wasting does not require a transport agent such as wind, water, or glacial ice.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 3

The process of ________ occurs when intense ground shaking, during major earthquake shaking, causes water saturated soils to lose their strength and behave as a fluid.

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The answer of The process of ________ occurs when intense...

Question 4

What are some preventive measures that can be done to reduce or lessen the impact of mass wasting? (Hint: Think about the controls and triggers of mass wasting.)

Accepted Answer

Drain the slopes using drainage tiles an...

Question 5

When and where is solifluction common?

Accepted Answer

A)  rainy season in the tropics
B)  monsoon season in India
C)  dry season in grasslands south of the Sahara Desert
D)  summer in polar regionsE) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 6

Thick accumulations of cohesive, water-saturated materials such as clay are prone to generate ________ as they fail along a spoon shaped, concave-up, rupture.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Thick accumulations of cohesive, water-saturated materials such...

Question 7

The angle of repose in unconsolidated materials varies from ________ depending on the size and cohesion of particles.

Accepted Answer

A)  2.5° to 4.0°
B)  5° to 14°
C)  25° to 40°
D)  50° to 90°E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 8

Slumps do not occur in river banks or eroding sea cliffs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

What is the physical mechanism that drives creep?

Accepted Answer

A)  erosion and sedimentation
B)  freeze/thaw or wet/dry cycles
C)  gravity fluctuations during earthquakes
D)  overbearing slopesE) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 10

What two circumstances immediately preceded the 4:10 AM April 29, 1903 Frank Slide.

Accepted Answer

A warm chinook wind, rain, and...

Question 11

Solifluction is an important mass wasting process in areas of permafrost.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

In rugged, youthful mountainous terrains, which is more active, mass wasting or erosion?

Accepted Answer

mass wasting because...

Question 13

Oversteepening produces unstable slopes and mass movements in cohesive soils, regolith, and bedrock.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Examine the words and/or phrases for each question below and determine the relationship among the majority of words/phrases.
-Choose the option that does not fit the pattern.

Accepted Answer

A)  slope angle
B)  water
C)  vegetation
D)  earthquakeE) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 15

Why was the Alaskan pipeline built above ground and insulated?

Accepted Answer

A)  to protect the pipeline from damage by caribou migration
B)  to protect the pipeline from damage by volcanism
C)  to protect the pipeline from damage due to thawing ground and to keep the oil fluid
D)  to protect against damage from roots of large trees uprooted in windstormsE) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 16

Slumps can occur on oversteepened slopes or by overloading.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

What removes vegetation from a slope?

Accepted Answer

forest fires, loggin...

Question 18

Examine the words and/or phrases for each question below and determine the relationship among the majority of words/phrases.
-Choose the option that does not fit the pattern.

Accepted Answer

A)  rate of movement
B)  material
C)  motion
D)  ageE) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 19

Slumps characteristically have ________ and move downslope ________ in a series of ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  steep talus cones, in sudden jumps, inclined planes
B)  flat planar sheets, in discreet slip events, earthquake induced movements
C)  headwall scarp, coherent mass, rotational blocks
D)  overlapping lobes, by very slow creep, annual to decadal eventsE) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 20

Palsas are periglacial mounds of peat with lenses of ice.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 14: Mass Wasting: The Work of Gravity

Slumps characteristically have ________ and move downslope ________ in a series of ________.

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Examine the words and/or phrases for each question below and determine the relationship among the majority of words/phrases. -Choose the option that does not fit the pattern.

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Solifluction is an important mass wasting process in areas of permafrost.

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Palsas are periglacial mounds of peat with lenses of ice.

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When and where is solifluction common?

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Oversteepening produces unstable slopes and mass movements in cohesive soils, regolith, and bedrock.

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What removes vegetation from a slope?

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Which of the following remedies are not used to stabilize rock faces along the Sea-to-Sky highway?

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Slumps do not occur in river banks or eroding sea cliffs.

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In rugged, youthful mountainous terrains, which is more active, mass wasting or erosion?

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Examine the words and/or phrases for each question below and determine the relationship among the majority of words/phrases. -Choose the option that does not fit the pattern.

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How do mass wasting processes differ from erosional ones?

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Thick accumulations of cohesive, water-saturated materials such as clay are prone to generate ________ as they fail along a spoon shaped, concave-up, rupture.

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Why was the Alaskan pipeline built above ground and insulated?

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What two circumstances immediately preceded the 4:10 AM April 29, 1903 Frank Slide.

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The process of ________ occurs when intense ground shaking, during major earthquake shaking, causes water saturated soils to lose their strength and behave as a fluid.

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What is the physical mechanism that drives creep?

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The angle of repose in unconsolidated materials varies from ________ depending on the size and cohesion of particles.

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What are some preventive measures that can be done to reduce or lessen the impact of mass wasting? (Hint: Think about the controls and triggers of mass wasting.)

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Slumps can occur on oversteepened slopes or by overloading.

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Slumps characteristically have and move downslope in a series of .

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