A road engineer is looking for ways to improve safety on a stretch of road bordered by a moderately ...

A road engineer is looking for ways to improve safety on a stretch of road bordered by a moderately steep field of small boulders. Suggest and describe three techniques that could be used practically.
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

You are hiking and come across a curious sight. To your left is a firm, rocky slope angled downward toward you. To your right are trees, which are pointed toward the slope at an angle. What would you conclude? What produced the effect?
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Question 3

The lowest end of a slip surface is the _______________.
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Question 4

If air cannot escape spaces between rock fragments, _______________ may lubricate the flow.
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Question 5

The vertical part of a slip surface is the _______________.
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Question 6

_______________ is an important force holding soil grains together through static attraction, surface tension, or chemical bonds.
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