Geologic Hazards: Landslides and Sinkholes Quiz

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What is a necessary step in disaster preparedness according to the review?

  • Refusing to help others affected by the earthquake
  • Gathering all belongings during an earthquake
  • Making an evacuation plan with the family (correct)
  • Ignoring news updates about fault lines

What is the primary cause of landslides?

  • Human interventions
  • Intense rainfall
  • Removal of base support (correct)
  • Groundwater pressure

Which of the following is NOT a factor affecting landslides?

  • Orientation of joints
  • Infill
  • Mass weathering grade
  • Earth's gravitational pull (correct)

What should be done immediately after an earthquake?

<p>Check the house for damages (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a moral obligation of the less vulnerable sector during an earthquake?

<p>Helping others who are affected (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What can trigger landslides according to the review?

<p>Volcanic eruptions, intense rainfall, snowmelt, human interventions, and earthquakes (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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