Mass Movements and Wind (Chapter 8)

What is the downslope movement of soil and weathered rock resulting from the force of gravity?

• Mass Movement

• Landslide

• Mudflow

• Slump

What is the slow, steady, downhill flow of loose, weathered Earth materials, especially soils?

• Slump

• Landslide

• Mudflow

• Creep

What are swiftly moving mixtures of mud and water?

• Slump

• Landslide

• Mudflow

• Creep

What is a moderately slow movement of soils?

• Earth Flow

• Lahar

• Mudflow

• Creep

What is a mudflow that occurs in volcanic regions?

• Earth Flow

• Lahar

• Mudflow

• Creep

What occurs when a block of soil, rock, and debris separate from the underlying bedrock?

• Slump

• Landslide

• Mudflow

• Creep

What is a landslide that occurs when a sheet of rock moves downhill on a sliding surface?

• Avalanche

• Landslide

• Rockslide

• Slump

What mass movement occurs when the mass of material in a landslide moves along a curved surface?

• Avalanche

• Landslide

• Rockslide

• Slump

What landslide occurs in mountainous areas with thick accumulations of snow?

• Avalanche

• Landslide

• Rockslide

• Slump

What is it when rocks fall downward because of physical weathering processes or by plant growth?

• Avalanche

• Landslide

• Rockslide

• Rockfall