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Quicksand is a form of fine sand that loses its supporting capacity and acquires the character of a liquid. It's usually found in hollows at the mouths of large rivers or along flat stretches of streams or beaches where pools of water become partially filled with sand and an underlying layer of stiff clay or other dense material prevents drainage.
The sand body behaves like a fluid because water flowing through the sand forces individual grains apart and prevents them from settling. The sand then loses its firmness and cannot support a heavy weight. Some natural sands are in a condition so loose that such minor disturbances as those caused by a footstep may cause the structure to collapse.
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Why is it called quick sand if you go down slow?
Quick sand come from the old Middle English where 'quick' meant 'alive' or lively. Quicksand is surely more lively than dry sand!
What makes up quick sand?
sand and up welling water to keep it loosely suspended.
Why do you sink in quick sand if you are trying to get out?
cause it pulls you down
Quicksand you fall in is slow not fast.?
The 'quick' part of the word quicksand comes from a very old meaning of the word quick - alive, living - because the sand moved and was not like normal sand.
When wind drops its load of sandit can form a hill called a?
it can form a sand dune.
Does Egypt have quick sand?
yes because if they have sand and the Nile river has water they mix to make quick sand and wet sand and mud i do not know
On the big al game where are the sauropods?
near the quick sand but don't go on the quick sand in case you sink.
Why is it called quick sand if you go down slow?
Quick sand come from the old Middle English where 'quick' meant 'alive' or lively. Quicksand is surely more lively than dry sand!
What is a sand dune in a quick description?
A sand dune is a pile of wind-blown sand.
What will not sink in quick sand?
Improvement: quick sand doesn't sink in quicksand and things with low density X mass
How long does it human take to sink in quick sand?
ho long dose it take a humien to sink in quick sand
What do you do if your stuck in quick sand?
*you're
What is quick sand cement?
consumbles
What can quicksand do?
quick sand can get u stuck in and you can die the best methiod of getting out of quick sand is to dont freack out and be caum as possible
What is a bed of loose sand and water that swallows anything on it is called?
Quick sand
Can quick sand kill you?
They do kill by sucking them in the sand. people wouldn't breathe
What rhymes with rich land?
quick sand
