Chapter 9; Mass Movement
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| What is Mass movement? | The process by which loose, weathered material such as rock and mud is moved downslope under the influence of gravity.
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| What is the loose material collectively known as? | Regolith.
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| Name a slow type of mass movement. | Soil Creep.
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| Name a fast type of mass movement. | Landslide or Lahar/Mudflow.
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| Why is the water content in mass movement so important? | The water content controls the speed of mass movement. Mass movement in saturated soils is rapid and can cause destruction.
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| What is overgrazing? | When too many animals graze the land, damaging its structure.
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| What is subsistence farming? | Farming that is not profitable and is done just to provide enough food for a family.
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| What is consolidated? | Made firm, strengthened, brought together in a single whole.
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| What is unconsolidated? | Made loosened, brought together in a single whole.
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| What are the factors that affect the process of mass movement? | Slope, Water Content, Slope Material, Vegetation, Human activity and Natural disasters/Tectonic plates.
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