Write TRUE if the statement is correct. If FALSE, change the underlined word/phrases to make the statement right 11. Without trees to hold the soil in place, soil movement occurs easily and rapidly which may cause speeding up of deforestation
12. Human-related activities such as mining, quarrying, excavation, land use, deforestation, and land pollution can slow down the occurrence of landslides.
13. Intensive use of land for construction of roads, houses, and urban development substantially altered the Earth's landscape and these areas might be prone to landslides that may results to property damage, injury, and death. 14. Haphazard disposal of urban and industrial wastes, exploitation of minerals, and improper use of soil by inadequate agricultural practices are a few of the contributing factors of land pollution that can trigger the occurrence of landslides. 15. Landslides below new construction sites are indicators of the potential impacts stemming from excavation.
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12. FALSE change slow down to increase
13. TRUE
14. TRUE