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Mass Movement
TEST ON 3/25
Question | Answer |
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What is Erosion? | Process that takes weathered rocks and soil from one place to another. |
What is Sediment? | Material moved by erosion. |
What is deposition? | Where the agents of erosion lay down sediment |
What is mass movement? | Any one of the processes that move sediment downhill |
What are the 4 different mass movements? | 1.) landslides 2.) mudslides 3.) slump 4.) creep |
Mass of rock and soil that suddenly move down a slope. | Slump |
Slow downhill movement of rock and soil | Creep |
What is a mudflow? | Rapid downhill movement of rock, soil, and water. |
What is a landslides? | Most destructive kind of mass movement , which occurs when rock and soil slide quickly down a steep slope |