EOSC 114 Practice Final Questions with Detailed Verified Answers

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EOSC 114 Practice Final Questions
with Detailed Verified Answers


Question: What motion does a seagull sitting on the water undergo as a
wave passes by?


Ans: The seagull describes a circular orbital motion.


Question: Imagine that hurricanes were to rotate around their center in the
OPPOSITE DIRECTION (relative to now) in the North Atlantic. When these
hurricanes reach the coast of North America ______.


Ans: the storm surge would be on the left side of the hurricane relative to
its direction of travel


Question: The one place in British Columbia to have experienced a tsunami in
the last century is_______.


Ans: Port Alberni


Question: Which of the following is FALSE about tsunami?


Ans: The second tsunami wave to arrive is larger than 100% the first one.


Question: A seiche generated by a landslide into Lake Ontario would have a
resonance period __________ a seiche in your friend's hot tub.

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Ans: longer than


Question: Imagine a huge earthquake occurs off the coast of Vancouver
Island, like the one that occurred in 1700. People in Japan would like to know
something about the tsunami risk from the earthquake. Which ASPECT OF
PREDICTION can we be most confident about (before the tsunami arrives in
Japan)?


Ans: destructive potential


Question: In the world's oceans, waves with the highest significant wave
heights can be found in the ______


Ans: ocean with the longest fetch, the Southern Ocean


Question: The tsunami that occurred on Boxing Day of 2004 ______.


Ans: caused measurable wave height increases in the west coast of North
America


Question: Imagine four waves with different wave periods: wave A has a
period of 2 seconds, wave B has a period of 5 seconds, wave C has a period of 7
seconds, and wave D has a period of 10 seconds. Knowing that the water is
4000 meters deep, arrange the waves according to their wave speed.


Ans: A < B < C < D


Question: What type of wave is almost always a SHALLOW WATER WAVE?

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Ans: wind-driven wave


Question: Shear strength directly depends on which of the following?


Ans: slope composition


Question: The NUMBER ONE underlying cause of landslides is __________.


Ans: gravity


Question: The scenario in the figure (at right) is probably due to______.


Ans: creep


Question: Which of the following is NOT an approach to landslide
mitigation?


Ans: litigation


Question: QUICK CLAY problems are common in what part of Canada?


Ans: Quebec


Question: Which of the following is NOT an indication that a home may be on
an unstable slope?


Ans: water pooling on the surface during heavy rainfall


Question: WATER in a layer of unconsolidated sediment can lead to