Exam 11: Mass Wasting

Mass wasting does NOT occur on ____.

Water

What is a slope stability map?

Slumps occur most commonly in well-consolidated material.

What factors collectively define a slope's shear strength?

All other factors being equal,what is the chance of mass wasting increased by?

What human activities contribute to or cause mass wasting?

Most block slides occur because the strata are highly fractured.

Briefly explain why saturated clay is a very unstable slope material.

What types of changes in a slope can lead to mass wasting?

On the basis of what three criteria are mass movements classified?

In the cut-and-fill method,

In what ways are slope stability maps useful to planners and developers?

Solifluction is not a serious economic problem because it occurs mainly in unpopulated areas.

When a slope dips in the same direction as the strata or a prominent joint set the type of mass wasting that is likely to occur is _______ _______.

Falls,slumps,and slides may turn into flows.

A flow that is up to 30 percent water and at least 50 percent clay-sized particles is a _______.A flow with less water but larger particles is a _______.

Periodic freezing and thawing of the upper ground surface when the weather is cold can lead to _______.

Mass movement in which rocks fall through the air are known as ____________________.

Among the types of slides are ____.