Quiz on Landslides and Natural Disasters

Mining and clear cutting are examples of human causes of landslide.

• True

• False

The following are mitigation of landslide hazards:

• engineering intervention

• hazard mapping

• early warning system

• All of the above

Landslides can have significant effects on the environment, (a)   , and in communities such as decimation of infrastructure, loss of life, ecological impact, among others.

Climate changes, erosion, earthquakes, weathering, forest fires are considered (a)   cause of landslides.

Landslides stem from the failure of materials making up the hill slopes and are beefed up by the force of gravity. When the ground becomes saturated, it can become unstable, losing its equilibrium in the long run.

• True

• False

• Both true and false