Multiple Choice
Which of the following best describes why snow avalanches occur?
A) loss of friction along weak layers within a snowpack
B) high winds and drifting snow
C) low temperatures followed by warmer weather
D) melting at the contact between the snow and underlying earth material
E) loose, non-cohesive snowpack
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