Fire Hazards and Fire Triangle
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What are the three essential ingredients needed for a fire to start or ignite?

  • Ignition, fuel, oxygen, and heat
  • Heat, oxygen, water, and fuel
  • Heat, fuel, oxygen, and light
  • Heat, fuel, oxygen, and moisture (correct)

What is shear strength a measure of?

  • Resistance to soil deformation by continuous displacement (correct)
  • Frictional strength of individual soil particles
  • The bonding between soil particles
  • Resistance to movement between slope materials

What is the active principle of burning characterized by the heat and light of combustion?

  • Fire (correct)
  • Fuel
  • Oxidation
  • Fire triangle

Which type of landslide is specifically characterized by a curved slip surface?

<p>Rotational Landslides (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is responsible for the initial ignition of fire and needed to maintain fire?

<p>Heat (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What distinguishes a Debris Avalanche Landslide from a Debris Flow Landslide?

<p>Speed of the landslide (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What supports the chemical processes that occur during a fire?

<p>Oxygen (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In which type of landslide do failures involve the forward rotation of units about pivotal points?

<p>Topple Landslides (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is characterized by its moisture content, size, shape, quantity, and arrangement in which it is spread over the landscape?

<p>Fuel (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of landslide involves the mobilization of loose soil, rock, and water as slurry that flows down the slope?

<p>Debris flow landslide (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of geological hazard is triggered by heavy rainfall or an earthquake?

<p>Landslide (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the distinguishing factor of Creep Landslides among other types?

<p>Imperceptibly slow movement (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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