Eye on earth 11.2 water-saturated sandy soil provides students an opportunity to experience the phenomenon of liquefaction. liquefaction may occur when ground shaking causes a layer of saturated material to lose strength and act like a fluid.
question 1: describe what you think will happen to a structure built on sandy soil that suddenly experienced liquefaction during an earthquake.
question 2: how might a nearly empty underground storage tank affected by liquefaction of the surrounding soil?

Which is an accurate description of the physical characteristics of poland? its fertile soil is found only along riverbanks, and its mountainous region in the northwest has few mineral resources. it is mostly flat with fertile soil except in the east and northeast, and the mountainous region in the south has large deposits of coal and copper. it is covered with thick forests, and it has large reserves of coal, petroleum, and natural gas. its landscape is dominated by plateaus, mountains, and high ridges, and it has large deposits of sulfur and copper in the northeast.