CK12 Earth Science

Points to Consider

• Why might someone build a home on top of land where a landslide has happened
  before?


• Couldalandslidehappenanywhereintheworld? Whatwouldmakeitlikelyorunlikely
  in your area?


• What new technologies might help people to know when a landslide will occur?

Image Sources

(1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Karst_italy_doberdo_lake.jpg.

GNU-FDL.

(2) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PismoBeachSand.jpg. GNU-FDL.

(3) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mupe_Bay_cliffs.jpg. CC-BY-SA.

(4) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Offelmer.jpg. Public Domain.

(5) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Erodedcliffpacifica.jpg. GNU-FDL.

(6) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Meander_in_Ashes_Hollow.jpg. GNU-FDL.

(7) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fotografia_da_Praia_de_Copacabana.jpg.

GNU-FDL.

(8) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:

Closeup_of_Bridalveil_Fall_seen_from_Tunnel_View_in_Yosemite_NP.jpg.

CC-BY-SA.

(9) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:

MSH82_lahar_from_march_82_eruption_03-21-82.jpg. CC-BY-SA.

(10) Julie Sandeen.. CC-BY-SA.

(11) Julie Sandeen.. CC-BY-SA.

(12) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Stalactites_-_Treak_Cliff_Cavern.jpg.
GNU-FDL.

(13) wiki/File:Grosser_Aletschgletscher_3178.jpg. CC-BY-SA.

(14) Julie Sandeen.. CC-BY-SA.

(15) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:
Tress_showing_the_presence_of_creep.jpg. CC-BY-SA.