How might the rocks shown in the above diagram of a strip mine be used to study the evolution of life in the surrounding area? They may contain fossils which can be compared to the age of the rocks.
Building the mine may have caused the local animals to move to a new environment.
There may be bones of modern-day animals mixed into the rock piles.
When the mine was abandoned, new animals may move into the area and can be studied.

the correct answer is 2.

a slump in geology means a mass movement process of slope failure. a mass of rock or unconsolidated material drops along a slip surface. in other words, rock layers move a short distance down the slope. the slump block is an intact block (2), without any landslide material.

in this image, 1 is the surface of rapture (scarp), 2 the slump block, 3 main scarp (crown), 4 base of rapture with debris flow.

slumps are caused by clear cutting on unstable soils and the sagging of earth, in coastal areas they are due to wave infiltration.

uhh idk for sure but i think it makes it difficult to pump the oil through the oil rigs