GEOL 1001 Chapter : Chapter 15
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Earth: an introduction to physical geology, 10e (tarbuck/lutgens/tasa) 15. 1 multiple-choice questions: which one of the following materials has the maximum, sustainable, slope angle, as determined by the angle of repose, dry silt, moist, sandy soil with a clay-rich matrix, dry sand, moist, clay-rich shale layers. Diff: 2: ________ denotes the exposed, crescent-shaped rupture surface at the head of a slump, scoop, sole, toe, scarp. Diff: 1: consider a weathered rock or soil particle lying on a slope. Diff: 1: ________ involves movement on a zone of compressed air, a slump, a mudflow, a rock avalanche, soil creep. 1: of the following, which one would most likely be triggered by an earthquake, solifluction, soil creep, slump, rock avalanche. Diff: 2: which one of the following operates primarily in areas of permafrost, rock avalanche, solifluction, soil creep, mudflow. Diff: 1: consider a steep highway cut made by removing slightly weathered to fresh, fractured, granite bedrock.
