Exam 16: Unsafe Ground: Landslides and Other Mass Movements

Installing perforated pipes (pipes with holes in them)into a hillside can be an effective way of reducing ________.

Slumps typically arrive ________ at the bottom of a slope.

As ________ occurs,intact rock is broken down into smaller,weaker pieces called sediment.

A slope in a ________ environment would be much more likely to experience ________ and thus more susceptible to slope failure.

Lahars occur on ________.

Slope failures are more likely to occur in ________ than in ________.

Liquefaction is most likely to occur in which type of area?

What is the most effective means of mitigating the risk of a slope failure for slope shown in the figure below?

Imagine you have just bought some property and notice that the trees on the slope have curved trunks.What type of landslide event do you likely have on your property?

The principal difference between a slump and a debris slide is ________.