Mass Movement

The force that moves objects downhill is ...

• mass movement
• gravity
• slump
• deposition

Watery clay slides down a mountain. This is an example of a ...

• soil creep

• landslide

• slump

• mudslide

Which of these is NOT an agent of erosion?

• water
• gravity
• waves
• sediment

After many years, a gravestone on a hillside falls over. This is an example of ...

• soil creep

• landslide

• slump

• mudslide

The movement of sediment downhill owing to gravity is also called ...

• landslide

• deposition

• mass wasting

• erosion

Rock at the top of a steep cliff quickly falls. This is an example of a ...

• creep

• rock falls

• slump

• mudslide

The process by which rock and soil are moved from place to place is called ...

• weathering
• erosion

In which type of mass movement can soils behave like a liquid and start flowing?

• slump

• soil creep

• landslide

• mudslide

Which type of mass movement happens very slowly?

• slump

• soil creep

• landslide

• mudslide

The agents of erosion lay down sediment in new locations in a process called ...

• gravity
• mass movement
• creep
• deposition