According to the website, which of the following factors does not influence the speed of landslides?
Question 1 options:
1) Slope of ground
2) Water content
3) Volume of debris
4) Time since last landslide
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Other than the rock material, what are the two most important factors in chemical weathering?
Question 2 options:
1) Water and slope of land
2) Debris type and water
3) Slope of land and temperature
4) Water and temperature
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How are caves and caverns, once underground, now visible on the surface in mature tropical karst environment?
Question 3 options:
1) centuries of excavation by animals
2) erosion of surrounding material
3) tectonic forces raised the caves to the surface
4) tectonic forces lowered the surrouding hills
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What does the presence of lichen on boulders tell scientists?
Question 4 options:
1) It tells us the parent material of the debris
2) It tells us the relative time of a mass wasting event
3) It tells us what the slope of the land used to be
4) It tells us what the moisture content was at the time of the mass wasting event.
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What are the characteristics of areas generally considered not to be safe from landslides?
Question 5 options:
1) On flat areas away from slopes
2) On hard, non-jointed bedrock that has not moved in the past
3) At the base of minor drainage hollows
4) At the top or along the nose of ridges, set back from the tops of slopes
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What is the dominant weathering In Bangkok, Thailand (28°C, 200cm)?
Question 6 options:
1) Moderate chemical
2) Strong chemical
3) Moderate chemical with frost action
4) Very slight weathering
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What is the dominant weathering in New Delhi, India (25°C, 80cm)
Question 7 options:
1) Moderate chemical
2) Strong chemical
3) Moderate chemical with frost action
4) Strong physical
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What is the dominant weathering at 19°10’21.78″N, 96° 7’59.77″W (25°C, 236cm)?
Question 8 options:
1) Moderate chemical
2) Strong chemical
3) Moderate chemical with frost action
4) Strong physical
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What is the dominant weathering at 58°18’7.00″N, 134°25’11.00″W (5°C, 140cm)?
Question 9 options:
1) Moderate chemical
2) Strong chemical
3) Moderate chemical with frost action
4) Strong physical
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Identify mechanical weathering at Feature A.
Question 10 options:
1) Frost wedging
2) Frost heaving
3) Salt-crystal growth
4) Exfoliation
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Identify mechanical weathering at Feature B.
Question 11 options:
1) Frost wedging
2) Frost heaving
3) Salt-crystal growth
4) Exfoliation
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Identify mechanical weathering at Feature C.
Question 12 options:
1) Frost wedging
2) Frost heaving
3) Salt-crystal growth
4) Exfoliation
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Identify chemical weathering at Feature D.
Question 13 options:
1) Hydrolysis
2) Carbonation
3) Oxidation
4) Spheroidal
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Identify chemical weathering at Feature E.
Question 14 options:
1) Hydrolysis
2) Carbonation
3) Oxidation
4) Spheroidal
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Identify chemical weathering at Feature F.
Question 15 options:
1) Hydrolysis
2) Carbonation
3) Oxidation
4) Spheroidal
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What do enclosed hachured contour lines topographically represent?
Question 16 options:
1) Water body
2) Hill top or high point
3) Depression
4) Unsure about exact location of contour
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What do enclosed contour lines without hachured lines topographically represent?
Question 17 options:
1) Water body
2) Hill top or high point
3) Depression
4) Unsure about exact location of contour
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What type of karst landform is Feature A?
Question 18 options:
1) Sinkhole
2) Cave
3) Cavern
4) Tower Karst
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What is the approximate relief (difference in elevation between highest and lowest points) within Feature A using the elevation profile (in feet)?
Question 19 options:
1) 49 feet
2) 1,393 feet
3) 900 feet
4) 9 feet
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Why would these features have to be on the surface?
Question 20 options:
1) Ground is too soft to construct them underground
2) Ground is too wet to construct them underground
3) Risk of wastewater contaminating groundwater
4) Risk of groundwater contaminating wastewater
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What is this feature?
Question 21 options:
1) A lake
2) A pond
3) A spring
4) A swamp
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What is this feature?
Question 22 options:
1) Stream
2) Road
3) Trail
4) River
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What has happened to the water level in Feature E?
Question 23 options:
1) The water level has increased
2) The water level has decreased
3) The water level has remained the same
4) Unable to determine
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What is this sinkhole used for?
Question 24 options:
1) Landfill
2) Garden
3) Swimming pool
4) Golf course
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What land use is found throughout the valleys? (Hint. you may have to pan around the image).
Question 25 options:
1) Commercial buildings
2) Industrial complexes
3) Agricultural fields
4) Golf courses
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Would you expect to find many caves present in the tower karst landscape?
Question 26 options:
1) Yes, because caves are a common feature of karst landscapes
2) No, because erosion has exposed the caves
3) Yes, because high water levels create caves
4) No, because low water levels create caves
Question 27 (1 point)
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Feature G. ________
Question 27 options:
1) Slump
2) Solifluction
3) Landslide
4) Rockfall
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Why did you pick the answer you did in the previous Question?
Question 28 options:
1) Because the image shows material that has rotated and moved down the slope along a concave plane relative to the surface.
2) Because the image shows where freeze-thaw processes result in lobes of soil moving gradually downslope.
3) Because the image shows the result of movement of soil and bedrock down a steep slope in response to gravity,
4) Because the image shows rocks that suddenly slid down a mountainside
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Feature H. _______
Question 29 options:
1) Slump
2) Solifluction
3) Landslide
4) Rockfall
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Why did you pick the answer you did in the previous Question
Question 30 options:
1) Because the image shows material that has rotated and moved down the slope along a concave plane relative to the surface.
2) Because the image shows where freeze-thaw processes result in lobes of soil moving gradually downslope.
3) Because the image shows the result of movement of soil and bedrock down a steep slope in response to gravity,
4) Because the image shows rocks that suddenly slid down a mountainside
Question 31 (1 point)
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Feature I. ______
Question 31 options:
1) Slump
2) Solifluction
3) Landslide
4) Rockfall
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Why did you pick the answer you did in the previous Question?
Question 32 options:
1) Because the image shows material that has rotated and moved down the slope along a concave plane relative to the surface.
2) Because the image shows where freeze-thaw processes result in lobes of soil moving gradually downslope.
3) Because the image shows the result of movement of soil and bedrock down a steep slope in response to gravity,
4) Because the image shows rocks that suddenly slid down a mountainside
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What is the RISE (Elevation gain) in feet?
Question 33 options:
1) ~800-1000 feet
2) ~1200-1400 feet
3) ~0.25-2.5 feet
4) 75-125 feet
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What is the RUN of the line (Distance) in feet?
Question 34 options:
1) 2100-2400 feet
2) 150-190 feet
3) 250-500 feet
4) 0-10 feet
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Feature J. ______
Question 35 options:
1) Slump
2) Debris flow
3) Mudflow
4) Soil Creep
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Why did you pick the answer you did in the previous Question?
Question 36 options:
1) Because the images show material that has rotated and moved down the slope along a concave plane relative to the surface.
2) Because the images show the results of a rapidly flowing and extremely powerful mass of water, rocks, sediment, boulders, and trees.
3) Because the images show the results of a well-saturated and highly fluid mass of fine-textured sediment
4) Because the images show the result of a gradual downhill movement of soil, trees, and rocks due to the force of gravity.
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Feature K. ________
Question 37 options:
1) Slump
2) Debris flow
3) Mudflow
4) Soil Creep
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Why did you pick the answer you did in the previous Question?
Question 38 options:
1) Because the images show material that has rotated and moved down the slope along a concave plane relative to the surface.
2) Because the images show the results of a rapidly flowing and extremely powerful mass of water, rocks, sediment, boulders, and trees.
3) Because the images show the results of a well-saturated and highly fluid mass of fine-textured sediment
4) Because the images show the result of a gradual downhill movement of soil, trees, and rocks due to the force of gravity.
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Which mass wasting event do you expect to travel faster (Feature I or K)? Why?
Question 39 options:
1) Feature I because it is one of the fastest types of mass wasting
2) Feature K because it is one of the fastest types of mass wasting
3) Feature I because it is one of the slowest types of mass wasting
4) Feature K because it is one of the slowest types of mass wasting
