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1. Who is the author of your article?

Unknown

2. Who is the publisher? (CNN, geology.com, USA Today, etc.)

geology.com

3. What are three things that you learned?

Cracks in floors and basement walls are typical types of damage done by swelling soils, expansive soils contain minerals such as smectite clays and expansive soils will also shrink when they dry out.

4. What are two things that you found interesting?

That this could actually put buildings at risk and all the damage it does.

5. What is one question that you still have?

Is it some sort of chemical reaction?