QUESTION 24

Water plays a ________ role in most types of mass wasting.

a. major
b. supporting
c. minor
1 points

QUESTION 25

Which of the following is a human induced cause of mass wasting?

a. removal of vegetation
b. uplift
c. weathering of rocks
1 points

QUESTION 26

Which of the following is a natural cause of mass wasting?

a. earthquakes
b. mining
c. deforestation
1 points

QUESTION 27

On a hot hot summer day, you leave your ice tea sitting outside while you take a dip in the pool. When you come back, you notice water droplets are now present on the outside of your glass. What process from the hydrologic cycle are you witnessing?

a. condensation
b. sublimation
c. precipitation
1 points

QUESTION 28

Which of the following is a possible way to reduce mass wasting?

a. avoid building on or near steep slopes
b. add additional support to the slope
c. remove vegetation to remove the burden from the soil
1 points

QUESTION 29

Reefs are different from other shoreline features in two distinct ways, what are they?

a. They depend on living processes to create them, and they can become a future fossil fuel.
b. They are entirely nature made, and they thrive in all environments.
c. They survive in only certain areas, and they depend on living processes to create them.

Q.24. a. Major, Q.25. a. Removal of Vegetation, Q.26. a. Earthquake, Q.27. a. Condensation, Q.28. a. Avoid building on or near the steep slopes, Q.29. They survive in only certain areas and depend on living processes to create them.

Explanation:

Water is one of the major supporting factors of mass wasting. As water molecules move freely and help in freeing up the soil particles.

One of the major causes of human-induced mass wasting is that of the removal of vegetation from the soil that keeps the fertility in check.

The natural process of mass wasting is an earthquake as the earth objects vibrate and under the action of gravity, mass moves downwards.

Avoid building near the steep slopes as they tend to wear out more quickly and easily.

Coral reefs are home to a variety of biodiversity on earth and harbor species of various types, thus they survive in a certain area with a certain amount of temperature only.