earthquakes, hurricanes and rain. fine ash from explosive volcanoes can cause destructive mudflows also.
2. What conclusion can you draw from the two images?
well the flatter the surface, the mud will hold, the steeper the surface is, the mud will let go and start a mud slide.
3. List at least two ways you could make the mud slide off the 30° slide plane without changing the plane's angle. add water! then the mud would start to flow little by little, or you could shake the board like an earthquake, then it would start to flow down the board.
4. What conditions in nature would be represented by the answer you gave for question 3? nature would be represented by bad weather and rain also it is represented by earthquakes and volcanoes
5. List at least two factors that contribute to the formation of mudflows on volcanoes. ash from explosive volcanoes and water stored in glaciers that melted from snow.
6. How might forest fires affect an area's potential for experiencing mudflows? The fire removes trees, shrubs, and grass from the soil surface that makes everything turn to ash and mud, all will slide downhill when it starts to rain and cause a lahara.
7. Hypothesize about how mudflows could change the topography of an area after a fire. well it turns all to ash and makes the land bare. so laharas can flow
8. What human activities strip soil of its protective vegetation and increase its vulnerability to mudflows? scientists use bombs and stick them into the ground so they can see the inside of the slope, so i think that that can make it so a mudslide is more vulnerable to slide!
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9. Write a paragraph describing the conditions that cause dangerous mudflows. Include the types of locations where mudslides are most likely to occur. well what things cause a mudflow are earthquakes, rain, water from a glacier on a volcano and hurricanes. mudslides are most likely to occur on mountains, hills and volcanoes all over the world. |