mass wasting

A Lahar is

• Boulders mixed with volcanic ash

• melted ice or rainfall mixed with volcanic ash

• mudslide mixed with ash

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The movement that occurs during mass wasting is caused by what? 

• Wind
• Gravity 
• Ice 
• Water 

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Trees, walls, and fence posts leaning downhill are a sign of ______. 

• Rockfalls
• Mud Flow
  Mud Flows
• Creep
• Slump

True/False: The material from a landslide will eventually come to a rest, usually in a flat place. 

• True 
• False 

True/False: Creep happens as a result of burrowing animals, roots of plants growing, and water seeping into cracks of rocks. 

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Erosion tends to be more destructive when the mass wasting occurs on ______ slopes. 

• Small
• Flat
• Steep
• Bumpy 

The erosion that occurs during mass wasting continues as long as gravity is _____ than other forces holding the rock in place. 

• Smaller 
• Greater

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NGSS.MS-PS2-5

Erosion is __________

• melted ice mixed with volcanic ash

• mudlsides and creep

• relocated or removal of weathered rock material

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

a landslide is ___________________________

• only mudslides

• only rock falls

• rock falls or mudslides

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Removing vegetation tends to ___________ the chances of a mass wasting event.

• increase

• decrease

• does not affect mass wasting

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4