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The key element in creating avalanche danger is ____.
   a. a frozen cornice or overhang
   b. a frozen cornice or overhang
   c. recent freezing or packing of the surface layer
   d. a source of vibration
   e. a weak layer in the snowpack

Question 2

Soil creep is most likely to result from ____.
   a. vibrational disruption of a slope
   b. a desaturated soil with less cohesion
   c. soil expansion and contraction
   d. a higher angle of repose for the material than the slope angle
   e. removal of mass at the head of the slope



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ANSWER: e

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ANSWER: c




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