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Soil liquefaction occurs when

A. seismic vibrations have no impact on topsoil.
B. seismic vibrations pollute the entire atmosphere.
C. seismic vibrations cause the ground to act like a liquid.
D. seismic vibrations impact only the inner core of Earth.

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The correct answer should be C. Seismic vibrations cause the ground to act like a liquid. This is easily testable and you can even do it in your own house. If you shake a jar full of sand and simulate seismic vibrations like an earthquake, you will see that the ground in a jar or sand or anything similar will behave more like liquid than like solids.
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