LANDSLIDE Flashcards

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Q

It is a gradual or sudden natural earth processes which cause injury, loss of life, property damage, loss of livelihood and services, social and economic disruption, or environmental changes​

A

GEOLOGIC HAZARD​

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It is a rock, dirt, or debris falling down a sloping section of land.​

Wide variety of processes that results in the downward and outward movement of slope forming materials.​

Falling, toppling, sliding, or flowing ​

A

LANDSLIDE​

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WHAT CAUSES LANDSLIDES?​

A

Weak or sensitive materials, weathered materials, shear jointed, or fissured materials​

Fire, drought, tectonic movement​

Illegal logging, mining, and industrialization​

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4
Q

It can form debris flows when they mix with additional water and sediments from their path.​

It may sweep away the whole community in an instant.​

A

RAINFALL INDUCED LANDSLIDE​

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5
Q

UNUSUAL NOISE​

(BREAKING TREES OR KNOCKING BOULDERS)​

  1. RUMBLING SOUND IS NOTICEABLE​
  2. RAPID RISE IN WATER LEVEL​

A

IMPENDING SIGNS OF RAINFALL-INDUCED LANDSLIDE​

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6
Q

It is caused by physical or chemical erosion.​

A

NATURAL SINKHOLE

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Q

It is caused by drilling, mining, road construction, and broken or underground pipes.​

A

MAN-MADE SINKHOLES

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8
Q

New cracks at the foundations of buildings and houses.​

Cracks in Area​

Depression at ground level​

Rapid appearance of crater in the ground.​

A

IMPENDING SIGNS OF A SINKHOLE​

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9
Q
  1. What is the primary cause of sinkholes.​
A

water

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10
Q

Which type of sinkhole occurs when bedrock is covered by deep layers of soil and earth then bedrock erodes resulting into a hole?

A

COVER COLLAPSE SINKHOLE​

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